Prions and Diseases Volume 2, Animals, Humans and the Environment

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Synopsis

Volume II features a variety of animal and human prion diseases, including the newly-identified atypical forms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie in animals, and variably protease-sensitive prionopathy in humans, prions in the environment, Tau pathology in human prion disease, transmission of the disease by blood transfusion, mammalian and non-mammalian models, conventional and advanced diagnoses, prion-specific antibodies, as well as decontamination of prions and development of therapeutics of prion diseases, such as the application of immunomodulation. This volume provides up-to-date knowledge about the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, histopathological, and clinical aspects of the highly publicized animal and human prion diseases.

Book details

Edition:
2013
Author:
Wen-Quan Zou and Pierluigi Gambetti
ISBN:
9781461453383
Related ISBNs:
9781461453376
Publisher:
Springer New York
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-01-01
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
Springer New York, New York, NY 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Animals, Medicine, Nonfiction, Science