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Title

viruses ch6 test 3

Description

Prions and diseases they cause

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Subject

Microbiology

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

03/09/2012

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Term

prions

Definition

protein infectious particles

Term

prions cause diseases called

Definition

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSE)

Term

TSEs in humans

Definition

*kuru
*Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
*Gerstmann STrussler-Scheinker disease
*fatal familial insomnia

Term

TSEs in animals

Definition

*scrapie/sheep & goats
*mink encephalopathy
*bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)/mad cow