Article
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in humans.
Annual review of microbiology - 1 Jan 1999
Belay E D
Abstract excerpt
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the first transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) to be described in humans, occurs in a sporadic, familial, or iatrogenic form. Other TSEs in humans, shown to be associated with specific prion protein gene mutations, have been reported in different parts of the world. These TSEs compose a heterogeneous group of familial diseases that traditionally have been classified as...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Brain
- Cattle
- Cluster Analysis
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
- Genetic Variation
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
- Humans
- Prion Diseases
- Prions