Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Prion disease update: Algeria (OG), CPD, camelid, 1st
PRO/AH/EDR> Prion disease update: Algeria (OG), CPD, camelid, 1st
CJD -- AlgeriaPrions cause fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, scrapie in small ruminants, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). After the BSE epidemic, and the associated human infections, began in 1996 in the United Kingdom, general concerns have been raised about animal prions. We detected a prion disease in dromedary camels (_Camelus dromedarius_) in Algeria. Symptoms suggesting prion disease occurred in 3.1 percent of Read more [...]
