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Prions : a challenge for science, medicine, and public health system

Title
Prions : a challenge for science, medicine, and public health system / volume editors, Holger F. Rabenau, Jindrich Cinatl, Hans Wilhelm Doerr.
Publication
New York : Karger, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Rabenau, Holger F.
  • Cinatl, Jindrich
  • Doerr, Hans Wilhelm
Description
viii, 164 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"In this volume, leading scientists deal with the medical, scientific and public health questions that prion infections raise. Besides the 'prion or virus' discussion, the structures of prions and their molecular biological analysis as well as the questions of strain variations and species barrier are presented. The etiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are given special attention. The epidemiology of human and animal prion diseases, disease management and possibilities for inactivation of prions are discussed from a public health perspective. Directed at scientists, physicians and the public health sector, the monograph uses a multidisciplinary approach to present the latest findings on prion infection."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Contributions to microbiology, 1420-9519 ; v. 7
Uniform Title
Contributions to microbiology ; v. 7.
Subject
  • Prion diseases
  • Prions
  • Prion Diseases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / H. F. Rabenau, J. Cinatl and H. W. Doerr -- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: The Viral Concept and an Application / H. Diringer -- The Prion Theory: Background and Basic Information / D. Riesner -- [URE3] and [PSI]: Prions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae / K. L. Taylor and R. B. Wickner -- Structural Biology of Prions / R. Cappai, M. F. Jobling and C. J. Barrow / [et al.] -- Strain Variations and Species Barriers / A. F. Hill and J. Collinge -- Resistance of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents to Decontamination / D. M. Taylor -- Human Prion Diseases: Cause, Clinical and Diagnostic Aspects / R. Knight and S. Collins -- Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Man / I. Zerr and S. Poser -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Its Relationship to the New Variant Form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. An Account of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Its Cause, the Clinical Signs and Epidemiology Including the Transmissibility of Prion Diseases with Special Reference to the Relationship between Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and the Variant Form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease / R. Bradley -- Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Clinical and Diagnostic Aspects / O.-R. Kaaden -- The Challenge for the Public Health System / P. D. Minor.
ISBN
3805571240 (alk. paper)
LCCN
00050676
OCLC
  • 501490563
  • ocn501490563
  • SCSB-4790139
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries