The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: emerging and declining epidemics
- 25 October 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Society Transactions
- Vol. 34 (6), 1155-1158
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0341155
Abstract
TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) are neurodegenerative diseases of various mammalian species, the best known of which include BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathies) in cattle, CJD (Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease) in humans, scrapie in sheep and CWD (chronic wasting disease) in deer. This review examines the emergence of various TSE strains and their transmission, and discusses disease surveillance and control.Keywords
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