Lack of PrPsc immunostaining in intracranial ectopic lymphoid follicles in a sheep with concomitant non-suppurative encephalitis and Nor98-like atypical scrapie: A case report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-288

  Vidal, E ^a   Tortosa, R ^a   Costa, C ^a   Benavides, J ^b   Francino, O ^a   Sanchez Robert E ^a   Perez V ^b   Pumarola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atypical scrapie; Lymphotropism; Ovine; PrPsc

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44849086450     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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