[Acquired human prion diseases--past and present issues].

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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, are fatal neurodegenerative disorders. In aetiological viewpoint, human prion diseases are classified into 1) sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) which comprises 80-90% of the total population of human prion disaeses, 2) inherited forms, and 3) acquired types by prion-contaminated surgical instruments, biopharmaceuticals or foodstuffs. The...

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