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Different forms of the bovine PrP gene have five or six copies of a short, G-C-rich element within the protein-coding exon [PDF]
, 1991 Current models of the virus-like agents of scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have to take into account that structural changes in a host-encoded protein (PrP protein) exhibit an effect on the time course of these diseases and the ...
Dawson, M +4 more
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Oral Transmission of L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Primate Model
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 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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Kuru: A Journey Back in Time from Papua New Guinea to the Neanderthals’ Extinction
Pathogens, 2013 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]
PLoS Pathogens, 2008 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
Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 2015 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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Hypotheses on the origin and transmission of BSE
Veterinární Medicína, 2001 EC Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General recently published an important document based on papers and reviews discussed by members of TSE/BSE ad hoc group.
K. Hruška
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Isolation of Prion with BSE Properties from Farmed Goat
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are fatal neurodegenerative diseases that include variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, scrapie in small ruminants, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle.
John Spiropoulos +7 more
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Reasoning under uncertainty: the role of two informal fallacies in an emerging scientific inquiry [PDF]
, 2002 It is now commonplace in fallacy inquiry for many of the traditional informal fallacies to be viewed as reasonable or non-fallacious modes of argument.
Cummings, L
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Representations of mad cow disease [PDF]
, 2005 This paper examines the reporting of the story of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and its human derivative variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (vCJD) in the British newspapers.
Washer, P.
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BMC Public Health, 2003 Background A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was described in the United Kingdom. It is often claimed that it is caused by consumption of food infected with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Hénaut Alain, Laprevotte Ivan
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