Amir N Hamir
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1.
Greenlee J, Smith J, Hamir A
Res Vet Sci
. 2016 Apr;
105:188-91.
PMID: 27033930
Scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that can be transmitted amongst susceptible sheep. The prion protein gene (PRNP) profoundly influences the susceptibility of sheep to the scrapie agent. This study...
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Greenlee J, Kunkle R, Richt J, Nicholson E, Hamir A
PLoS One
. 2014 Sep;
9(9):e108029.
PMID: 25233232
Sheep scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that can be transmitted horizontally. The prion protein gene (PRNP) profoundly influences the susceptibility of sheep to the scrapie agent and the tissue...
3.
Greenlee J, Nicholson E, Smith J, Kunkle R, Hamir A
J Vet Diagn Invest
. 2012 Sep;
24(6):1087-93.
PMID: 22991389
Cattle could be exposed to the agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD) through contact with infected farmed or free-ranging cervids or exposure to contaminated premises. The purpose of the current...
4.
Greenlee J, Zhang X, Nicholson E, Kunkle R, Hamir A
J Vet Diagn Invest
. 2012 Apr;
24(3):554-8.
PMID: 22529124
Sheep scrapie susceptibility or resistance is a function of genotype, with polymorphisms at codon 171 in the sheep prion gene playing a major role. Glutamine (Q) at codon 171 contributes...
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Tamguney G, Richt J, Hamir A, Greenlee J, Miller M, Wolfe L, et al.
Prion
. 2012 Mar;
6(1):52-61.
PMID: 22453179
Scrapie of sheep and chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids are transmissible prion diseases. Milk and placenta have been identified as sources of scrapie prions but do not explain horizontal...
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Matthias N, Lockworth C, Zhang F, Lee M, Yeung S, Tsai K, et al.
Comp Med
. 2012 Feb;
62(1):27-30.
PMID: 22330648
Here we describe gross and microscopic sweat gland tumors found in a transgenic mouse model of breast cancer, which had transforming growth factor α under the control of mouse mammary...
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Nicholson E, Greenlee J, Hamir A
BMC Res Notes
. 2011 Oct;
4:432.
PMID: 22018205
Background: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue is regularly employed in the diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) by immunohistochemistry (IHC), the standard by which all other TSE diagnostic protocols are judged. While...
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Porcario C, Hall S, Martucci F, Corona C, Iulini B, Perazzini A, et al.
BMC Res Notes
. 2011 Oct;
4:376.
PMID: 21958476
Background: Three distinct forms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), defined as classical (C-), low (L-) or high (H-) type, have been detected through ongoing active and passive surveillance systems for...
9.
Hamir A
J Vet Diagn Invest
. 2011 Sep;
23(5):873-84.
PMID: 21908341
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is almost ubiquitous in North America. In recent times, it was introduced in many parts of the world where it has now become largely feral. Since...
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Hamir A, Kehrli Jr M, Kunkle R, Greenlee J, Nicholson E, Richt J, et al.
J Vet Diagn Invest
. 2011 Sep;
23(3):407-20.
PMID: 21908269
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) of animals include scrapie of sheep and goats; transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME); chronic wasting disease (CWD) of deer, elk and moose; and bovine...