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Experimental transmission of atypical scrapie to sheep

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, August 2007
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Title
Experimental transmission of atypical scrapie to sheep
Published in
BMC Veterinary Research, August 2007
DOI 10.1186/1746-6148-3-20
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Authors

Marion M Simmons, Timm Konold, Hugh A Simmons, Yvonne I Spencer, Richard Lockey, John Spiropoulos, Sharon Everitt, Derek Clifford

Abstract

Active surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in small ruminants has been an EU regulatory requirement since 2002. A number of European countries have subsequently reported cases of atypical scrapie, similar to previously published cases from Norway, which have pathological and molecular features distinct from classical scrapie. Most cases have occurred singly in flocks, associated with genotypes considered to be more resistant to classical disease. Experimental transmissibility of such isolates has been reported in certain ovinised transgenic mice, but has not previously been reported in the natural host. Information on the transmissibility of this agent is vital to ensuring that disease control measures are effective and proportionate.

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Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 18 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 33%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 17%
Professor 1 6%
Librarian 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 2 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 17%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 6%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 3 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 30 July 2014.
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#7,445,163
of 22,759,618 outputs
Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#646
of 3,042 outputs
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#24,723
of 68,741 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#2
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