Spongiform encephalopathies: a tale of cannibals, cattle, and prions.

Mariani, Sara M

Mariani, Sara M.

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Mariani SM; Medscape General Medicine.

MedGenMed ; 5(3): 42, 2003 Sep 17.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14600678

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Cannibalism; Prion Diseases/etiology; Prion Diseases/transmission; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Base Sequence/genetics; Cannibalism/ethnology; Cattle; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/epidemiology; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/prevention & control; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/etiology; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/prevention & control; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/transmission; Female; Humans; Iatrogenic Disease; Incidence; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control; Male; Mice; Middle Aged; New Guinea/ethnology; North America/epidemiology; Nucleic Acids/genetics; Pan troglodytes; Prion Diseases/epidemiology; Prion Diseases/prevention & control; Prions/genetics; Prions/pathogenicity; Proteins/genetics; Zoonoses/transmission

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Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 2_ODS3 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cannibalism / Prion Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged80 Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: MedGenMed Year: 2003 Document type: Article

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