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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  
Latest News  

May 16
New Item NEWS SCAN: BSE probe update, dog-food plant missteps, chikungunya in Cambodia, WHO disease statistics

May 4
New Item NEWS SCAN: US flu declines, BSE probe update, fatal lab infection, WHO's hand hygiene efforts

Apr 27
New Item NEWS SCAN: Bacterial co-infection in H1N1, tracking flu vaccine effectiveness, new BSE cow details, monkeypox scare, honing disease surveillance

Apr 24
New Item US has first BSE case in 6 years

Aug 9
New Item USDA offers new approach for tracing animal diseases

May 25
New Item NEWS SCAN: Prion disease risks, German E coli outbreak, Iowa measles warning

Jan 14, 2011
New Item NEWS SCAN: Airborne prions, juice firm shutdown, malaria vaccine performance, yellow fever in Uganda

Apr 7, 2009
New Item FDA delays new BSE-related feed ban 2 months

Aug 27, 2008
New Item USDA unveils ban on using disabled cattle in food

May 21, 2008
New Item USDA to ban all 'downer' cattle from food supply

Apr 24, 2008
New Item FDA broadens BSE-related feed ban

Feb 29, 2008
New Item USDA vows to enforce humane practices at meat plants

Feb 18, 2008
New Item Animal-cruelty probe leads to US's biggest meat recall

Jan 9, 2008
New Item Possible vCJD case in UK may signal more to come

Dec 18, 2007
New Item Canada reports its 11th BSE case

Sep 18, 2007
New Item US to end BSE-related ban on older Canadian cattle

Jul 13, 2007
New Item Canada widens BSE-related feed ban; US still pondering

May 4, 2007
New Item Canada reports 10th case of BSE

Apr 4, 2007
New Item Canada finishes probe of 9th BSE case

Jan 22, 2007
New Item Fourth vCJD case linked with blood transfusion in UK

Jan 5, 2007
New Item US wants to end BSE-linked ban on older Canadian cattle

Dec 21, 2006
New Item Canada reaches dead end in BSE probe

Dec 5, 2006
New Item Saudi man has third vCJD case found in US

Oct 11, 2006
New Item Chronic wasting disease may spread via saliva

Aug 25, 2006
New Item Canada says feed mill error suspected in BSE case

Aug 23, 2006
New Item Canada finds 8th case of BSE

      
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New in This Section  
 
New Item Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, final assessment
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online May 17

 
New Item Detection of prion protein particles in blood plasma of scrapie infected sheep
From May 2 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Human prion diseases in the Netherlands (1998-2009): clinical, genetic and molecular aspects
From Apr 30 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Novel prion protein in BSE-affected cattle, Switzerland
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Apr 18

 
New Item Mutation and selection of prions
From Mar 29 PLoS Pathog

 
New Item Facilitated cross-species transmission of prions in extraneural tissue
From Jan 27 Science

 
New Item Oral transmission of L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy in primate model
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28, 2011

 
New Item Novel prion protein in BSE-affected cattle, Switzerland
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28, 2011

 
New Item Assessing prion infectivity of human urine in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28, 2011

 
New Item An overview of human prion diseases
From Dec 24, 2011, Virol J

 
New Item Isolation of prion with BSE properties from farmed goat
From Dec 2011 Emerg Infect Dis

 
New Item Novel prion protein in BSE-affected cattle, Switzerland
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Nov 18, 2011

 
New Item Genetic informational RNA is not required for recombinant prion infectivity
From J Virol, published online Nov 16, 2011

 
New Item The oral secretion of infectious scrapie prions occurs in pre-clinical sheep with a range of PRNP genotypes
From J Virol, published online Oct 19, 2011

 
New Item Stem cell therapy extends incubation and survival time in prion-infected mice in a time window-dependant manner
From Oct 1, 2011, J Infect Dis

 
New Item Is there still hope after prions have spread within the brain?
Editorial on above study from Oct 1, 2011, J Infect Dis

 
New Item Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy by transmission of H-type prion in homologous prion protein context
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Aug 18, 2011

 
New Item Alteration of the chronic wasting disease species barrier by in vitro prion amplification
From Sep 2011 J Virol

 
New Item Detection of chronic wasting disease prions in salivary, urinary, and intestinal tissues of deer: potential mechanisms of prion shedding and transmission
From Jul 2011 J Virol

 
New Item Experimental oral transmission of atypical scrapie to sheep
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Apr 25, 2011

 

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