Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
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Similarities of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Strain in Mother and Son in Spain to UK Reference Case
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![Vacuolation profile of vCJD in wild-type mice from inoculation of brain tissue homogenates from 2 patients from Spain (son, patient 1; mother, patient 2) with vCJD and a reference patient from the United Kingdom. A) RIII mice; B) C57BL/6J mice; C) VM mice. Profiles show similarities in vacuolar pathology intensity and distribution in wild-type mouse brains. Data show mean ± SEM of clinical and pathologic positive mice, with the exception of VM mice arising from the Spain patients, which also inc](/eid/images/17-0159-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Vacuolation profile of vCJD in wild-type mice from inoculation of brain tissue homogenates from 2 patients from Spain (son, patient 1; mother, patient 2) with vCJD and a reference patient from the United Kingdom. A) RIII mice; B) C57BL/6J mice; C) VM mice. Profiles show similarities in vacuolar pathology intensity and distribution in wild-type mouse brains. Data show mean ± SEM of clinical and pathologic positive mice, with the exception of VM mice arising from the Spain patients, which also include pathologic positive only mice (n≥6 per group). G1–G9, gray matter scoring regions: G1, medulla; G2, cerebellum; G3, superior colliculus; G4, hypothalamus; G5, thalamus; G6, hippocampus; G7, septum; G8, retrosplenial and adjacent motor cortex; G9, cingulate and adjacent motor cortex. W1–W3, white matter scoring regions: W1, cerebellar white matter; W2, mesencephalic tegmentum; W3, pyramidal tract. vCJD, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.