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• Risk of oral infection with bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent in primates.

  The uncertain extent of human exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)--which can lead to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)--is compo…

  Authors: Corinne Ida Lasmézas, Emmanuel Comoy, Stephen Hawkins, Christian Herzog, Franck Mouthon, Timm Konold, Frédéric Auvré, Evelyne Correia, Nathalie Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Nicole Salès,…

  Source: Lancet. 2005 Feb 26-Mar 4

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• PrPTSE distribution in a primate model of variant, sporadic, and iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

  Human prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), are neurodegenerative and fatal. Sporadic CJD (sCJD) can be transmitted between humans …

  Authors: Christian Herzog, Julie Rivière, Nathalie Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Aurore Charbonnier, Virginie Leblanc, Nicole Salès, Jean-Philippe Deslys, Corinne Ida Lasmézas

  Source: Journal of virology. 2005 Nov

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• Atypical BSE (BASE) transmitted from asymptomatic aging cattle to a primate.

  BACKGROUND: Human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) results from foodborne transmission of prions from slaughtered cattle with classical Bovine…

  Authors: Emmanuel E Comoy, Cristina Casalone, Nathalie Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Gianluigi Zanusso, Sophie Freire, Dominique Marcé, Frédéric Auvré, Marie-Magdeleine Ruchoux, Sergio Ferrari, Salvatore Monaco,…

  Source: PloS one. 2008

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