 Scrapie
"Scrapie" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fatal disease of the nervous system in sheep and goats, characterized by pruritus, debility, and locomotor incoordination. It is caused by proteinaceous infectious particles called PRIONS.
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D012608
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.228.800.717 C10.574.843.850 C22.836.799
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scrapie" by people in Profiles.
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McKay JT, Brigner TA, Caplin BE, McCurdy KS, Forde RL. A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms at codon 171 in the prion gene for the genotyping of scrapie susceptibility in sheep. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2008 Mar; 20(2):209-12.
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Tyler KL. COMMENTARY: Gibbs CJ Jr, Amyx HL, Bacote A, Masters CL, Gajdusek DC. Oral transmission of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and scrapie to nonhuman primates. J Infect Dis 1980; 142:205-208. J Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 01; 190(3):653-60.
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