Prions, mad cow disease, and preventive measures: a critical appraisal

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Cattle
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / epidemiology
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology
• Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / epidemiology
• Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / etiology
• Humans
• Incidence
• Kuru / epidemiology
• Kuru / etiology
• PrPC Proteins
• PrPSc Proteins
• Prion Diseases / epidemiology*
• Prion Diseases / prevention & control*
• Prion Diseases / transmission
• Prions* / genetics
• Scrapie / etiology
• Sheep
• Sheep Diseases / epidemiology
• Sheep Diseases / etiology