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Table 2 Results of rapid test (ELISA TeSeE), immunoblot (TeSeE Western Blot), IHC (cocktail of 2G11 and F89/160.1.5) and PrP genotypes of AS cases.

From: Atypical/Nor98 scrapie in the Basque Country: a case report of eight outbreaks

 

2004

2005

2008

2009

 

M7

M72

M45

M31

M15

M19-1

M27

M9-2

Origin

Fallen stock

Fallen stock

Slaughtered

Slaughtered

Fallen stock (Advanced autolysis)

Fallen stock

Slaughtered

Slaughtered

Month of death

June

November

April

January

February

December

February

April

Province

Vizcaya

Alava

Guipuzcoa

Guipuzcoa

Alava

Guipuzcoa

Guipuzcoa

Guipuzcoa

Age (years)

6.3

12.8

4.3

7.0

9.1

5.6

8.1

10.3

Genotype

AFRQ

ALRQ

ALRR

ALRQ

AFRQ

ALRQ

AFRQ

AFRQ

AFRQ

AFRQ

AFRQ

ALHQ

ALRQ

ALRH

ALRQ

ALRQ

Clinical symptoms

Not registered

Not registered

Not registered

Yes

Not registered

Not registered

Not registered

Not registered

Rapid test result

(cut off)

0.377

(0.218)

0.387

(0.219)

1.112

(0.219)

2.788

(0.230)

2.859

(0.230)

2.710

(0.219)

0.498

(0.102)

1.289

(0.103)

WB TeSeE

        

Obex-Cerebellum

1

2

3

2

3

1

1

2

Cerebellum

0

0

3

3

1

3

1

3

Cerebral Cortex

0

0

1

0

2

1

1(3)*

2

IHC

        

MO

PC

NA

NA

2

1

1

1

1

Cerebellum

1

3

3

3

1

3

1

3

Frontal Lobe

PC

NA

2

NA

3

1

2

1

  1. Numbers on WB column indicates the signal intensity according to Figure 1. 0: negative, 1: faint, 2: moderate and 3: intense. NA: Not available. PC: Poor condition. MO: Medulla oblongata. Immunohistochemical staining was graded subjectively for intensity and spread from 0 to 3 as in WB. * Refers to PrPSc signal after concentrating the sample 10 folds.