title: Good and bad news about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases).
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pathology 627, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. rtj@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003670:Deer; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D034081:Wasting Disease, Chronic