title: BSE and prions: uncertainties about the agent.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Persistent Virus Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA. bchesebro@nih.gov
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chesebro
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena; D014780:Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D011328:Prions