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Atypical scrapie cases in Germany and France are identified by discrepant reaction patterns in BSE rapid tests.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Apr 2004
Buschmann A, Biacabe A-G, Ziegler U, Bencsik A, Madec J-Y, Erhardt G, Lühken G, Baron T, Groschup M H
Abstract excerpt
The intensified surveillance of scrapie in small ruminants in the European Union (EU) has resulted in a substantial increase of the number of diagnosed cases. Four rapid tests which have passed the EU evaluation for BSE testing of cattle are also recommended currently and used for the testing of small ruminants by the EU authorities. These tests include an indirect ELISA (cELISA), a colorimetric sandwich ELISA...
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