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Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria - Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Overview of attention for article published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2018
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Title
Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria - Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Published in
Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2018
DOI 10.3201/eid2406.172007
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Authors

Baaissa Babelhadj, Michele Angelo Di Bari, Laura Pirisinu, Barbara Chiappini, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar, Geraldina Riccardi, Stefano Marcon, Umberto Agrimi, Romolo Nonno, Gabriele Vaccari

Abstract

Prions cause fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, scrapie in small ruminants, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). After the BSE epidemic, and the associated human infections, began in 1996 in the United Kingdom, general concerns have been raised about animal prions. We detected a prion disease in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria. Symptoms suggesting prion disease occurred in 3.1% of dromedaries brought for slaughter to Ouargla abattoir in 2015-2016. We confirmed diagnosis by detecting pathognomonic neurodegeneration and disease-specific prion protein (PrPSc) in brain tissues from 3 symptomatic animals. Prion detection in lymphoid tissues is suggestive of the infectious nature of the disease. PrPSc biochemical characterization showed differences with BSE and scrapie. Our identification of this prion disease in a geographically widespread livestock species requires urgent enforcement of surveillance and assessment of the potential risks to human and animal health.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 94 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 28%
Researcher 11 12%
Student > Master 8 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Student > Postgraduate 4 4%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 27 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 13%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 11 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 12%
Neuroscience 6 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 5%
Other 14 15%
Unknown 35 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 128. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2022.
All research outputs
#324,429
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Emerging Infectious Diseases
#471
of 9,718 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,086
of 342,485 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Emerging Infectious Diseases
#6
of 119 outputs
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