Effect of PrP genotype and route of inoculation on the ability of discriminatory Western blot to distinguish scrapie from sheep bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Migliore, Sergio ^a   Esposito, Elena ^a   Pirisinu, Laura ^a   Marcon, Stefano ^a   di Bari, Michele ^a   D'Agostino, Claudia ^a   Chiappini, Barbara ^a   Conte, Michela ^a   Sezzi, Erminia ^b   de Grossi, Luigi ^b   Agrimi, Umberto ^a   Vaccari, Gabriele ^a   Nonno, Romolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; GENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PRION; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GENOTYPE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84855927065     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.035469-0     Document Type: Article

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