Protein particles which cause specific kinds of brain disease (such as Mad Cow Disease).
an infective group of complex organic compounds (proteins) suggested as the causative agents of several infectious diseases.
Infectious protein particles similar to a virus but without genetic material; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie (a chronic neurological disease of sheep and goats, similar to other spongiform encephalopathies) and Creutzfeld Jakob disease as well as other degenerative diseases of the human nervous system.
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Microscopic particles made of protein that can cause disease.
Infectious agents composed only of one or more protein molecules without any accompanying genetic information.
Entirely protein, infectious particle that is difficult to inactivate; Examples: BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy; mad cow disease) and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
non-bacterial and non-viral infectious agents which transmit BSE (mad cow disease) and variants of Creutzfield-Jacobs disease in humans
Not technically a microorganism but a structurally modified protein; causes Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSEs), Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
An infective group of complex proteins suggested as the causative agents of infectious human diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru, and the animal diseases, scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease."
Parts of protein creating infection and dementia.
Protein segments that may cause infection that may lead to some forms of dementia.
proteinaceous infectious particles that contain no genetic information, yet can cause some rare infectious diseases