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The Enigma of Slow Viruses. Facts and Artefacts.
P. P. Liberski
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Paperback. This review surveys all aspects of unconventional virus infections known today. It includes information on the molecular biology of the prion protein and its gene, the role of genetics within PrP genes, and the biochemistry of the alterations of different neurotransmitter systems. Series: Archives of Virology: Supplementa. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 870.
Scrapie, a naturally occurring neurodegenerative disease of sheep and sometimes goats, is a prototypic disease for the whole group of the subacute spongiform virus encephalopathies. Kuru was the first human disease of this type to be discovered in 1957 by Gajdusek and Zigas, and its discovery opened the whole field in the human biomedical sciences by the very realization of the fact that viruses may induce disease months or even decades after infections, and that these slow virus diseases are more compatible with classical degenerations of the nervous system than with inflammatory disorders of the brain. More than a quarter ... Read more
Scrapie, a naturally occurring neurodegenerative disease of sheep and sometimes goats, is a prototypic disease for the whole group of the subacute spongiform virus encephalopathies. Kuru was the first human disease of this type to be discovered in 1957 by Gajdusek and Zigas, and its discovery opened the whole field in the human biomedical sciences by the very realization of the fact that viruses may induce disease months or even decades after infections, and that these slow virus diseases are more compatible with classical degenerations of the nervous system than with inflammatory disorders of the brain. More than a quarter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Series
Archives of Virology: Supplementa
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Vienna, Austria
ISBN
9783211824276
SKU
V9783211824276
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