Classic Scrapie in Sheep with the ARR/ARR Prion Genotype in Germany and France
In the past, natural scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infections have essentially not been diagnosed in sheep homozygous for the A136R154R171 haplotype of the prion protein. This genotype was therefore assumed to confer resistance to BSE and classic scrapie under natural exposure c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-08-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/8/07-0077_article |