The animal and human prion diseases: Public health importance and risk assessment

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-217

  Vitale, K ^a   Sahin, U ^a   Greenblatt, C ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

BSE; CJD; Prion disease; Public health; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; GENE PRODUCT; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

BLOOD DONOR; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CROATIA; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FOOD SAFETY; GENE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035663865     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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