The role of prions in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies;Prionen als Motor der transmissiblen spongiformen Enzephalopathien

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 633-638

  Glatzel, M ^a   Gottwein, J ^a   Aguzzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Prion neuroinvasion; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0036985174     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.144.12.633     Document Type: Article

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