Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease: two sides of the prion coin
Abstract Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of progressive and ultimately fatal neurologic diseases of man and animals, all resulting from the propagated misfolding of the host’s normal cellular prion protein. These diseases can be spontaneous, heritable, anthropogenic/iatr...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMC
2023-08-01
|
| Series: | Animal Diseases |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s44149-023-00087-7 |