An antibody raised against a conserved sequence of the prion protein recognizes pathological isoforms in human and animal prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Piccardo P, Langeveld JP, Hill AF, Dlouhy SR, Young K, Giaccone G, Rossi G, Bugiani M, Bugiani O, Meloen RH, et al. Am J Pathol. 1998 Jun; 152(6):1415-20.