Surveillance for Prion Disease in Cervids, Germany

An active survey on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies was performed from 2002 to 2005 on 4,255 roe deer, 1,445 red deer, and 1,604 fallow deer in Germany. All cervids tested negative. This survey has been the largest in European wildlife and provides no evidence of prion diseases in free-liv...

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Autores principales: Schettler, Elvira, Steinbach, Falko, Eschenbacher-Kaps, Iris, Gerst, Kirsten, Meussdoerffer, Franz, Risch, Kirsten, Streich, Wolf Jürgen, Frölich, Kai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494763
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1202.050970
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Sumario:An active survey on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies was performed from 2002 to 2005 on 4,255 roe deer, 1,445 red deer, and 1,604 fallow deer in Germany. All cervids tested negative. This survey has been the largest in European wildlife and provides no evidence of prion diseases in free-living German cervids.

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