Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Peste des petits ruminants virus circulating in small ruminants in eastern Amhara region, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a severe, highly infectious and fatal viral disease of small ruminants. Four lineages of PPR virus have been identified globally based on sequence analysis of the nucleoprotein (N) and fusion (F) gene.
Abdi, Reta D. +9 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022 Background Commonly known as Batten disease, the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a genetically heterogeneous group of rare pediatric lysosomal storage disorders characterized by the intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material (known ...
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Peste des Petits Ruminants infection among cattle and wildlife in Northern Tanzania [PDF]
, 2013 We investigated peste des petits ruminants (PPR) infection in cattle and wildlife in northern Tanzania. No wildlife from protected ecosystems were seropositive.
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A Novel Retinal Gene Therapy Strategy for Batten Disease and Beyond
Proceedings, 2020 Batten Disease is a fatal lysosomal storage disorder characterized by cognitive and [...]
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Translational neurophysiology in sheep:Measuring sleep and neurological dysfunction in CLN5 affected Batten disease sheep [PDF]
, 2015 This is the final published version of a paper originally published in BRAIN 2015: 138; 862?874, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awv026Creating valid mouse models of slowly progressing human neurological diseases is challenging, not least because ...
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Atypical presentation of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 8 in a sibling pair and review of the eye findings and neurological features. [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose:To report atypical presentation of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses type 8 (CLN8) to the eye clinic and review clinical features of CLN8. Observations:Detailed eye exam by slit lamp exam, indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus photography, optical ...
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Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten's Disease) [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1972 Four patients are described, who on clinical, histological, and biochemical criteria are considered to be suffering from neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. It is suggested that this may be the commonest condition included under the term amaurotic family idiocy.
N S, Gordon, H B, Marsden, M J, Noronha
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Variant late-infantile Batten disease is a neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis caused by mutations in CLN6. It is a recessive genetic lysosomal storage disease characterised by progressive neurodegeneration.
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Transplacental transmission of field and rescued strains of BTV-2 and BTV-8 in experimentally infected sheep [PDF]
, 2013 Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus has been shown previously for the North European strain of serotype 8 (BTV-8) and for tissue culture or chicken egg-adapted vaccine strains but not for field strains of other serotypes.
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Future research to underpin successful peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) eradication [PDF]
, 2017 Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is a significant pathogen of small ruminants and is prevalent in much of Africa, the Near and Middle East and Asia.
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