| Literature DB >> 19008408 |
Silvia Colussi1, Gabriele Vaccari2, Cristiana Maurella1, Cristina Bona1, Raniero Lorenzetti3, Pasquale Troiano4, Francesco Casalinuovo5, Alessandra Di Sarno6, Maria Grazia Maniaci1, Fabio Zuccon1, Romolo Nonno2, Cristina Casalone1, Maria Mazza1, Giuseppe Ru1, Maria Caramelli1, Umberto Agrimi2, Pier Luigi Acutis1.
Abstract
Prion protein gene (PRNP) polymorphisms are involved in modulating the appearance of atypical/Nor98 scrapie in sheep, with the alleles AHQ and AF141RQ strongly associated with occurrence of the disease. The presence of histidine at codon 154 has also been detected in Nor98-affected goats, but statistical analysis of the association between Nor98 and goat PRNP polymorphisms has not been reported previously. Here, a case-control study was carried out on eight Nor98-positive goats and 246 negative herdmates belonging to eight Italian Nor98 scrapie outbreaks. The results revealed that histidine at codon 154 is also strongly associated with the disease in goats.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19008408 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/004150-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Virol ISSN: 0022-1317 Impact factor: 3.891