title: [Human and animal spongiform encephalopathy. Update on December 17, 1996].
abstract: Recent papers about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) are reviewed: new data, maternal transmission of BSE, epidemiology of BSE in British cattle, structure of the PrP(res), biochemical signature of PrP(res), chronic pesticide-initiated modification of the prion protein, protein markers in cerebrospinal fluid.
authors.affiliation: Ecole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brugère-Picoux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rérat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000635:transmission*; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000635:transmission*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011328:Prions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011328:Prions