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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Main Authors: Martin H. Groschup, Caroline Lacroux, Anne Buschmann, Gesine Lühken, Jacinthe Mathey, Martin Eiden, Séverine Lugan, Christine Hoffmann, Juan Carlos Espinosa, Thierry G.M. Baron, Juan Maria Torres, Georg Erhardt, Olivier Andreoletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/8/07-0077_article