This second, completely revised and extended edition of Prions: A Challenge for Science, Medicine and the Public Health System is a comprehensive, up-to-date review of prions and prion-associated diseases. Leading scientists discuss the structure, molecular biology and origin of prions as well as strain variations and species barriers. Human prion diseases, prion inactivation and risks to public health are considered in detail. The new edition provides an update on basic findings of the last three years since publication of the previous edition and emphasizes practical aspects of fighting human and animal prion diseases. In addition, chapters on regulatory aspects of BSE and CJD as well as on veterinary measures have been included. A valuable single source of information on what is currently known about prions, this book will be of interest to any scientist or clinician who wants to keep up with the latest developments in this fast-moving field.
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Prions
A Challenge for Science, Medicine and the Public Health System
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Prions
A Challenge for Science, Medicine and the Public Health System
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Dedication in Remembrance of Andreas Scheid (1941–2001)
- Note of the Series Editor
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: The Prion Theory – Background and Basic Information
- Structural Biology of Prions
- Prion Strains and Species Barriers
- Prions of Saccharomyces and Podospora
- Human Prion Diseases: Cause, Clinical and Diagnostic Aspects
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Man
- Aspects of Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Nosocomial Transmission of Classical and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Special Attention to German Regulations*
- Resistance of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents to Decontamination
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Its Relationship to the Variant Form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Possibilities to Manage the BSE Epidemic: Cohort Culling versus Herd Culling – Experiences in Switzerland
- Regulatory Aspects of BSE and CJD with Special Emphasis on Germany
- The Challenge for the Public Health System
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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