Historical introduction

Prions in Humans and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-27

  Hörnlimann, Beat ^a   Riesner, Detlev ^b   Kretzschmar, Hans ^c   Will, Robert G ^d   MacDiarmid, Stuart C ^e   Wells, Gerald A H ^f   Alpers, Michael P ^g  

^a BSE71 92 SVISS Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110200171     Document Type: Chapter

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