Funding Opportunity: Continuing Enhanced National Surveillance for Prion Diseases in the United States

• Sponsor: CDC
• Deadline: June 11, 2012
• Posted Date: May 4, 2012
• Agency Code: CDC-RFA-CK12-1208

• Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=164195

Summary

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2012 funds for a cooperative agreement program to continue enhanced national surveillance for prion diseases in the United States. The purpose of the funding is to continue an active surveillance program similar to that conducted by the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center since 1997 to monitor the occurrence of potentially emerging human TSEs in the United States. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus area(s) of Immunizations and Infectious Diseases.





Approximate Average Award: $ 2,550,000.00

http://researchnewsletter.uga.edu/?p=16124

MAD COW USDA ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE

***Oral Transmission of L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Primate Model

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/pdfs/11-1092.pdf

***Infectivity in skeletal muscle of BASE-infected cattle

http://www.neuroprion.org/resources/pdf_docs/conferences/prion2009/prion2009_bookofabstracts.pdf

***feedstuffs- It also suggests a similar cause or source for atypical BSE in these countries.

http://www.neuroprion.org/resources/pdf_docs/conferences/prion2009/prion2009_bookofabstracts.pdf

***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

http://www.neuroprion.org/en/np-neuroprion.html

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atypical L-type BASE BSE

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/04/update-from-usda-regarding-detection-of.html

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

BSE MAD COW LETTERS TO USDA (Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture) and FDA (Magaret Hamburg, Commissioner of FDA) May 1, 2012

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/bse-mad-cow-letters-to-usda-tom-vilsack.html

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

ARS FLIP FLOPS ON SRM REMOVAL FOR ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE RISK HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/ars-flip-flops-on-srm-removal-for.html

Friday, May 4, 2012

May 2, 2012: Update from APHIS Regarding a Detection of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-2-2012-update-from-aphis-regarding.html

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2008-0010-0008

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2008-0010

Sunday, March 11, 2012

APHIS Proposes New Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Import Regulations in Line with International Animal Health Standards Proposal Aims to Ensure Health of the U.S. Beef Herd, Assist in Negotiations

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/03/aphis-proposes-new-bovine-spongiform.html

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Importation of Bovines and Bovine Products APHIS-2008-0010-0008 RIN:0579-AC68

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/04/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy.html

Monday, April 16, 2012

Continuing Enhanced National Surveillance for Prion Diseases in the United States

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/04/continuing-enhanced-national.html

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