The human spongiform encephalopathies: kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Amyloid / chemistry
• Amyloid / genetics
• Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / chemistry
• Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / genetics
• Animals
• Cannibalism
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / epidemiology
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / genetics
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / microbiology
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / pathology
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / transmission
• Female
• Food Contamination
• Genes, Dominant
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease* / epidemiology
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease* / genetics
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease* / microbiology
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease* / pathology
• Global Health
• Humans
• Iatrogenic Disease
• Incidence
• Infant
• Kuru* / epidemiology
• Kuru* / microbiology
• Kuru* / pathology
• Kuru* / transmission
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mutation
• Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry
• Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
• New Guinea / epidemiology
• PrPC Proteins
• Prevalence
• Primates / microbiology
• Prions / chemistry
• Prions / genetics
• Protein Conformation
• Protein Precursors / chemistry
• Protein Precursors / genetics
• Scrapie / transmission
• Sheep / microbiology
• Slow Virus Diseases / microbiology
• Slow Virus Diseases / transmission
• Slow Virus Diseases / veterinary