NR ABYC
AU Brugere-Picoux,J.; Lasmezas,C.I.; Deslys,J.P.; Adjou,K.T.; Rerat,A.; Dormont,D.
TI [Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Second update of data collected since the report of February 6, 1996]
OT Encephalopathie spongiforme bovine. Deuxieme mise au point des donnees recueillies depuis le voeu du 6 fevrier 1996.
QU Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 1996 Jun-Jul; 180(6): 1443-9; discussion 1450-4
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB The observation in 1995 and 1996 of 12 cases of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (V-CJD) in U.K. suggested a possible relation between this human cases and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Recent papers about this topic are reviewed: BSE transmission to macaques, transmission of scrapie with embryo transfer, incidence of maternal transmission, PrP protein released by platelets, diagnostic test by detection of PrP protein in tissues of sheep, epidemiology of BSE, french regulations, identification of cattle in U.K.
ZR 21
MH Animal; Cattle; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis/epidemiology/*transmission; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/diagnosis/epidemiology/*transmission; English Abstract; Human; *Ruminants
AD Ecole nationale veterinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.
SP französisch
PO Frankreich