Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
BSE-associated prion-amyloid cardiomyopathy in primates.
- Journal:
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Krasemann, Susanne et al.
- Affiliation:
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · Germany
Abstract
Prion amyloidosis occurred in the heart of 1 of 3 macaques intraperitoneally inoculated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions. This macaque had a remarkably long duration of disease and signs of cardiac distress. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, caused by transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans, may manifest with cardiac symptoms from prion-amyloid cardiomyopathy.
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