Co-existence of classical scrapie and Nor98 in a sheep from an Italian outbreak

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-485

  Mazza, M ^a   Iulini, B ^a   Vaccari, G ^b   Acutis, P L ^a   Martucci, F ^a   Esposito, E ^b   Peletto, S ^a   Barocci, S ^c   Chiappini, B ^b   Corona, C ^a   Barbieri, I ^d   Caramelli, M ^a   Agrimi, U ^b   Casalone, C ^a   Nonno, R ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co infection; Nor98; Prion; PrP Sc; Scrapie; Sheep; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP; SUBMANDIBULAR LYMPH NODE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GOAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LYMPH NODES; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 77955866480     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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