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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy :

(Number (ISBN

1461224063

(Number (ISBN

9781461224068

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b548613

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy :

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[Book]

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the BSE Dilemma

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Clarence J. Gibbs.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer New York

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1996

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xxv, 413 pages 55 illustrations).

Series Title

Serono Symposia USA Norwell, Massachusetts.

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1. The Potential Risk to Humans of Amyloids in Animals --;I. Host Range and Pathogenesis --;2. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Distribution and Update on Some Transmission and Decontamination Studies --;3. Preliminary Observations on the Pathogenesis of Experimental Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy --;4. Recent Observations on the Epidemiology of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy --;II. Transmission and Pathogenesis of Spongiform Encephalopathies --;5. Scrapie: Studies on Vertical and Horizontal Transmission --;6. Transmission of Sheep and Goat Strains of Scrapie from Experimentally Infected Cattle to Hamsters and Mice --;7. Experimental Transmission of Scrapie to Cattle --;8. An Assessment of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy as an Indicator of Bovine Scrapie in U.S. Cattle --;9. Experimental Infections of Cattle and Mink with the Agents of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, Scrapie, and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy --;10. BSE-Free Status: What Does It Mean? --;11. Differing Neurohistologic Images of Scrapie, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, and Chronic Wasting Disease of Mule Deer and Elk --;12. Analysis of Risk Factors and Active Surveillance for BSE in Argentina --;13. Speculations on the Origin of BSE and the Epidemiology of CJD --;III. Biochemistry: Protein Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Molecular Genetics of the Spongiform Encephalopathies --;14. Structure and Biologic Characteristics of Prion Protein (Scrapie Amyloid): Implications for the Safety of Naturally Derived Biologics --;15. Prion Strains and Neuromuscular Disease in PrP Transgenic Mice --;16. Deciphering Prion Diseases with Transgenic Mice --;17. Posttranslational Modifications and Conformational Changes of PrPSc and Their Relationship to Infectivity --;18. Amyloidosis: The Key to the Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies --;19. Effect of Amphotericin B on Different Experimental Strains of Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents --;IV. Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Immunohistochemistry --;20. Genetics of Human Spongiform Encephalopathies: Current Status --;21. PrP Allelic Variants Associated with Natural Scrapie --;22. The Formation of Scrapie-Associated Prion Protein In Vitro --;23. Proteinase K-Resistant Prion Protein Detection in Animal Tissues and In Vitro --;24. Elimination of Scrapie-Agent Infectivity in Naturally Derived Biologics --;25. Cellular and Scrapie Prion Protein Immunolocalization and In Vitro Amyloid Formation --;V. Public Health Considerations of Human and Animal Spongiform Encephalopathies --;26. Real and Theoretical Threats to Human Health Posed by the Epidemic of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy --;27. Incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the European Community --;28. Problems in the Evaluation of Theoretical Risks for Humans to Become Infected with BSE-Contaminated Bovine-Derived Pharmaceutical Products --;29. Evaluation of BSE Risk Factors Among European Countries --;Author Index.

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This volume contains the proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: the BSE Dilemma, held in Williamsburg, Virginia between February 27 and March 1 1994. The papers look at the pathogenesis, transmission and biochemistry of the disease.

Family medicine.

Medical virology.

Medicine.

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edited by Clarence J. Gibbs.

Clarence J Gibbs

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