Prevalent abnormal prion protein in human appendixes after bovine spongiform encephalopathy epizootic: large scale survey

Nöel Gill, O; I. Spencer, Y.; Richard-Loendt, Angela; Kelly, Carole; Dabaghian, Reza; Boyes, L.; M. Linehan, Jacqueline; M. Simmons, Marion; B. Webb, Paul; Bellerby, Peter; Andrews, Nick; A. Hilton, David; W. Ironside, James; Beck, J.; Poulter, Mark; Mead, Simon; Brandner, Sebastian

doi:10.1136/bmj.f5675

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Prevalent abnormal prion protein in human appendixes after bovine spongiform encephalopathy epizootic: large scale survey

Published in BMJ • Oct 15, 2013

Authors:

O Nöel Gill

Y. I. Spencer

Angela Richard-Loendt

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To carry out a further survey of archived appendix samples to understand better the differences between existing estimates of the prevalence of subclinical infection with prions after the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epizootic and to see whether a broader birth cohort was affected, a...

Subject

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Epizootic

Prion protein

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