Tables in Chapter 1 Flashcards
What type of prion disease Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseasea
Human prion diseases, Acquired
What type of prion disease Kuru
Human prion disease, Acquired
What type of prion disease Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseb
Human prion disease, Acquired
What type of prion disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Human prion disease, Sporadic
What type of prion disease Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker
Human prion disease, Familial
What type of prion disease Fatal familial insomnia
Human prion disease, Familial
What type of prion disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Human prion disease, Familial
What type of prion disease Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Animal prion disease, Cattle
What type of prion disease Scrapie
Animal prion disease, Sheep
What type of prion disease Chronic wasting disease
Animal prion disease, Deer, elk
What type of prion disease Transmissible mink encephalopathy
Animal prion disease, Mink
What type of prion disease Feline spongiform encephalopathy
Animal prion disease, Cats
Associated with ingestion or inoculation of prion-infected material
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseasea
Source of infection unknown
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Associated with specific mutations within the gene encoding PrP
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker
Exposure to prion-contaminated meat and bone meal
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy & Feline spongiform encephalopathya
Ingestion of scrapie-contaminated material
Scrapie
Ingestion of prion-contaminated material
Chronic wasting disease
Source of infection unknown (animal prion disease)
Transmissible mink encephalopathy
Obligate intracellular
agents
Viruses, Viroids
Abnormal form of a cellular protein
Prions
Consist of either DNA or
RNA surrounded by a
protein coat
Viruses
Consist only
of RNA; no
protein coat
Viroids
Consist only of
protein; no
DNA or RNA
Prions
