Prions Flashcards
1
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General description prion disease
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Long incubation (months to years)
Gradual increase in severity and death
No host immune response
Noninflammatory process in vrain
2
Q
Infectious agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (specific)
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PrP^Sc
3
Q
What is vCJD resistant to?
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Heat and chemical disinfectants
4
Q
Transmission of CJD
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Contaminated neural surgical instruments
Dural and corneal grafts
Cadaveric pituitary hormones
5
Q
Creon disease that causes rapidly progressive dementia, psychiatric symptoms, cerebral symptoms, involuntary movements, and death
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Cruetzfeld jakob disease
