Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria.
Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria.
复制标题
DOI:
10.3201/eid2406.172007
复制
发表时间:
2018-06
影响因子:
11.8
通讯作者:
Vaccari G
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Babelhadj B;Di Bari MA;Pirisinu L;Chiappini B;Gaouar SBS;Riccardi G;Marcon S;Agrimi U;Nonno R;Vaccari G
Prions 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% of dromedaries brought for slaughter to the Ouargla abattoir in 2015–2016. We confirmed diagnosis by detecting pathognomonic neurodegeneration and disease-specific prion protein (PrPSc) in brain tissues from 3 symptomatic animals. Prion detection in lymphoid tissues is suggestive of the infectious nature of the disease. PrPSc biochemical characterization showed differences with BSE and scrapie. Our identification of this prion disease in a geographically widespread livestock species requires urgent enforcement of surveillance and assessment of the potential risks to human and animal health.
登录
查看更多内容
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Benestad SL;Mitchell G;Simmons M;Ytrehus B;Vikøren T
通讯作者:
Vikøren T
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Sigurdson, CJ;Miller, MW
通讯作者:
Miller, MW
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Agrimi U;Nonno R;Dell'Omo G;Di Bari MA;Conte M;Chiappini B;Esposito E;Di Guardo G;Windl O;Vaccari G;Lipp HP
通讯作者:
Lipp HP
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0305777101
发表时间:
2004-03-02
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Casalone, C;Zanusso, G;Caramelli, M
通讯作者:
Caramelli, M
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Di Bari MA;Nonno R;Castilla J;D'Agostino C;Pirisinu L;Riccardi G;Conte M;Richt J;Kunkle R;Langeveld J;Vaccari G;Agrimi U
通讯作者:
Agrimi U