Article
Atypical BSE (BASE) transmitted from asymptomatic aging cattle to a primate.
PloS one - 20 Aug 2008
Comoy Emmanuel E, Casalone Cristina, Lescoutra-Etchegaray Nathalie, Zanusso Gianluigi, Freire Sophie, Marcé Dominique, Auvré Frédéric, Ruchoux Marie-Magdeleine, Ferrari Sergio, Monaco Salvatore, Salès Nicole, Caramelli Maria, Leboulch Philippe, Brown Paul, Lasmézas Corinne I, Deslys Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) results from foodborne transmission of prions from slaughtered cattle with classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (cBSE). Atypical forms of BSE, which remain mostly asymptomatic in aging cattle, were recently identified at slaughterhouses throughout Europe and North America, raising a question about human susceptibility to these new prion strains....
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