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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  
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Latest News  

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

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

Apr 24
New Item FDA broadens BSE-related feed ban

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

Feb 18
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 Genetic risk factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a genome-wide study
From Jan Lancet Neurol

 
New Item Epidemiological characteristics of classical scrapie outbreaks in 30 sheep flocks in the United Kingdom
From PLoS ONE, published online Dec 22

 
New Item Bacterial colitis increases suceptibility to oral prion disease
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 12

 
New Item Prions in milk from ewes incubating natural scrapie
From PLoS Pathog, published online Dec 12

 
New Item Detection of prion infectivity in fat tissues of scrapie-infected mice
From PLoS Pathog, published online Dec 5

 
New Item Urinary alpha 1-antichymotrypsin: a biomarker of prion infectivity
From PLoS ONE, published online Dec 5

 
New Item Resistance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions to inactivation
From PLoS Pathog, published online Nov 14

 
New Item Transmission of atypical bovine prions to mice transgenic for human prion protein
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Nov 5

 
New Item Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is China from 2006 to 2007
From BMC Public Health, published online Oct 18

 
New Item A genetic human prion disease with G114V mutation in PRNP and epidemiological studies in a Chinese family: a case series
From J Med Case Rep, published online Oct 17

 
New Item Persistent propagation of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agent in murine spleen stromal cell culture with features of mesenchymal stem cells
From Nov J Virol

 
New Item Comparative studies of a real-time PCR method and three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of central nervous system tissues in meat products
From Oct J Food Prot

 
New Item BSE case associated with prion protein gene mutation
From PLoS Pathog, published online Sep 12

 
New Item Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease: a case report
From Cases J, published online Sep 9

 
New Item The identification of disease-induced biomarkers in the urine of BSE infected cattle
From Proteome Sci, published online Sep 5

 
New Item Accelerated high fidelity prion amplification within and across prion species barriers
From PLoS Pathog, published Aug 29

 
New Item A C-terminal protease-resistant prion fragment distinguishes ovine "CH1641-like" scrapie from bovine classical and L-type BSE in ovine transgenic mice
From PLoS Pathog, published online Aug 29

 
New Item USDA announces proposed rule for requirements of the disposition of downer cattle
Aug 27 agency news release

 
New Item Atypical BSE (BASE) transmitted from asymptomatic aging cattle to a primate
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 20

 
New Item Prion infected meat-and-bone meal is still infectious after biodiesel production
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 13

 
New Item Identification of a heritable polymorphism in bovine PRNP associated with genetic transmissible spongiform encephalopathy: evidence of heritable BSE
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 13

 
New Item No major change in vCJD agent strain after secondary transmission via blood transfusion
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 6

 
New Item Regulating factors of PrPres glycosylation in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implications for the dissemination and the diagnosis of human prion strains
From PLoS ONE, published online Jul 30

 
New Item Excretion of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy infectivity in urine
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jul 29

 
New Item Effective gene therapy in a mouse model of prion diseases
From PLoS ONE, published online Jul 23

 
New Item The variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: risk, uncertainty or safety in the use of the blood and blood derivatives?
From Int Arch Med, published online Jun 23

 
New Item Effect of intraventricular infusion of anti-prion protein monoclonal antibodies on disease progression in prion-infected mice
From Jun J Gen Virol

 
New Item Transmission and detection of prions in feces
From J Infect Dis published online May 27

 
New Item Evidence for a pathogenic role of different mutations at codon 188 of PRNP
From PLoS ONE, published online May 14