Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria

Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria

Prions cause fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, scrapie in small ruminants, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). After the BSE epidemic, and the associated human infections, began in 1996 in the United Kingdom, general concerns h...

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Main Authors: Baaissa Babelhadj, Michele Angelo Di Bari, Laura Pirisinu, Barbara Chiappini, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar, Geraldina Riccardi, Stefano Marcon, Umberto Agrimi, Romolo Nonno, Gabriele Vaccari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Prion disease
camel prion disease
Camelus dromedaries
dromedary camels
prions
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/6/17-2007_article

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