Differentiation of Prions from L-type BSE versus Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Differentiation of Prions from L-type BSE versus Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

We compared transmission characteristics for prions from L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy and MM2-cortical sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Syrian golden hamster and an ovine prion protein–transgenic mouse line and isolated distinct prion strains. Our findings suggest the absence of...

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Main Authors: Simon Nicot, Anna Bencsik, Eric Morignat, Nadine Mestre-Francés, Armand Perret-Liaudet, Thierry Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
prions
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
sporadic
sCJD
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BSE
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0342_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0342_article

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