title: Transmission and characterization of the agents of spongiform virus encephalopathies: kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, scrapie and mink encephalopathy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006224:Cricetinae; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D007729:Kuru / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008907:Mink; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011328:Prions / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012608:Scrapie / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012756:Sheep; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology; D014777:Virus Diseases; D014713:Viruses, Unclassified / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011328:Prions; D007372:Interferons