Mad Cow Disease and Related Spongiform Encephalopathies

Gebonden Engels 2004 2004e druk 9783540201076
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has become the most publicly recognizable example of a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases caused by proteinaceous infectious particles called prions. The contributors to this volume, all internationally recognized experts in their fields, provide an introduction to prion biology, followed by reviews of the latest information on BSE, vCJD, and chronic wasting disease, an animal prion disease that has recently emerged in North America.

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ISBN13:9783540201076
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:222
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:2004

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List of Contents.- Prion Protein and the Molecular Features of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents.- Past, Present and Future of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in France.- Pathology and Pathogenesis of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie.- Public Health and the BSE Epidemic.- Clinical Features of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- Neuropathology and Molecular Biology of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- The Epidemiology of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervids.

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