title: Prions causing degenerative neurological diseases.
abstract: Prions cause degenerative neurological diseases--scrapie in animals and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. The novel properties and structure of the prion distinguish it from viruses.
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012608:Scrapie / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D011328:Prions