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This article from 2011 suggests aerosol transmission in mice: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM

This article from 2011 suggests aerosol transmission in mice: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020930/

subroutine 5y ago
To attenuate fears a bit... Aerosol transmission was proven possible if you're sitting inside a vapor inhalation chamber equipped with a nebulizer spraying out liquid droplets containing >2% w/v brain homogenates from terminally scrapie-sick mice. Rest assured if you somehow get infected by PrPSc through airborne transmission, someone was trying really hard to make that happen.
- BoxOfRain 5y ago
  >a vapor inhalation chamber equipped with a nebulizer spraying out liquid droplets containing >2% w/v brain homogenates from terminally scrapie-sick mice I have never been more grateful to be a backend web developer where the worst risk to my health is a headache from flakey libraries. This sounds like a terrifying job!
- relax88 5y ago
  So wear goggles and a mask while killing zombies… got it!
learc83 5y ago
They used a nebulizer to spray infected brain matter into the air. There was no aerosolized mouse to mouse transfer.