Review on the epidemiology and dynamics of BSE epidemics [PDF]
The paper describes how the comprehensive surveillance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and studies carried out on these data has enhanced our knowledge of the epidemiology of BSE.
Ducrot, C. +4 more
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BSE infectivity in jejunum, ileum and ileocaecal junction of incubating cattle [PDF]
To establish bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) public health protection measures it is important to precisely define the cattle tissues considered as specified risk materials (SRM).
Rogers Ron +40 more
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Conversion of the BASE prion strain into the BSE strain: the origin of BSE?
Atypical neuropathological and molecular phenotypes of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have recently been identified in different countries.
Raffaella Capobianco +21 more
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Candidate Cell Substrates, Vaccine Production, and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agents have contaminated human tissue–derived medical products, human blood components, and animal vaccines.
Pedro Piccardo +10 more
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State-of-the-art review of goat TSE in the European Union, with special emphasis on PRNP genetics and epidemiology [PDF]
Scrapie is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. It is also the earliest known member in the family of diseases classified as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) or prion diseases, which includes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in ...
Olivier Andreéoletti +54 more
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Oral Transmission of L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Primate Model
We report transmission of atypical L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy to mouse lemurs after oral or intracerebral inoculation with infected bovine brain tissue.
Nadine Mestre-Francés +7 more
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Pruritus is a common feature in sheep infected with the BSE agent. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The variability in the clinical or pathological presentation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in sheep, such as scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has been attributed to prion protein genotype, strain ...
Vidal-Diez, Alberto +50 more
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Kuru: A Journey Back in Time from Papua New Guinea to the Neanderthals’ Extinction
Kuru, the first human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy was transmitted to chimpanzees by D. Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008). In this review, I briefly summarize the history of this seminal discovery along its epidemiology, clinical picture ...
Pawel P. Liberski
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BSE case associated with prion protein gene mutation. [PDF]
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of cattle and was first detected in 1986 in the United Kingdom. It is the most likely cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans.
Jürgen A Richt, S Mark Hall
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Genetics of Prion Disease in Cattle
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a prion disease that is invariably fatal in cattle and has been implicated as a significant human health risk.
Brenda M. Murdoch, Gordon K. Murdoch
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