Transmission studies of chronic wasting disease to transgenic mice overexpressing human prion protein using the RT-QuIC assay

Abstract Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease which infects deer, elk and moose.CWD was first described as a wasting syndrome in captive deer in Colorado and Wyoming wildlife facilities from 1967 to 1979.Currently, CWD has been reported in 26 states of the USA, three Canadian provinces, South Korea, Norway and Finland.Since human

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Diseases of the Date Palm: Present Status and Future Prospects

While date palm is affected by many diseases, bayoud remains the most serious one.It is caused by a soil born pathogen, Fusarium oxyspurum f.sp.albedinis.It has affected practically all Moroccan palm groves as well as those of western and central Algerian sahara, where it has respectively killed more than 12 million in Morocco and three million in

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