Variable Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy Transmission to Bank Voles

Variable Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy Transmission to Bank Voles

Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), a recently described human sporadic prion disease, features a protease-resistant, disease-related prion protein (resPrPD) displaying 5 fragments reminiscent of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease. Experimental VPSPr transmission to human PrP–expres...

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Main Authors: Romolo Nonno, Silvio Notari, Michele Angelo Di Bari, Ignazio Cali, Laura Pirisinu, Claudia d’Agostino, Laura Cracco, Diane Kofskey, Ilaria Vanni, Jody Lavrich, Piero Parchi, Umberto Agrimi, Pierluigi Gambetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Variable protease-sensitive prionopathy
VPSPr
prion disease
transmissibility
phenotype
bank voles
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0807_article

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