Term
| What are the recognized TSE? |
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Definition
| -Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, Fatal Familial Insomnia |
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Term
| What are the recognized animal TSEs? |
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Definition
-Scrapie
-Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
-Chronic Wasting Disease
-Beovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
-Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
-Exotic Ungulate Encephalopathy |
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Term
| What do all TSEs have in common? |
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Definition
-they are beleived to be caused by infectious protein particle
-transmissible
-they create spongiform lesions
-they are encephalopathies-involves lymphoreticular system
-centripetal ascension leads to CNS infection
-genetic predisposition |
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Term
| Which TSEs are widely distributed? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the species barrier? |
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Definition
| -ability to infect other species |
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