BMBL Section VII - D Table 1. The Prion Diseases Biosafety in Biomedical and Microbiological Laboratories
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Section VII - D Table 1. The Prion Diseases

Disease abbreviation Natural Host Prion Pathogenic PrP Isoform
Scrapie sheep and goats scrapie prion OvPrPSc
Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) mink TME prion MkPrPSc
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) mule deer and elk CWD prion MdePrPSc
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cattle BSE prion BoPrPSc
Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE) cats FSE prion FePrPSc
Exotic ungulate encephalopathy (EUE) nyala and greater kudu EUE prion UngPrPSc
Kuru humans kuru prion HuPrPSc
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) humans CJD prion HuPrPSc
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) humans GSS prion HuPrPSc
Gatal familial insomnia (FFI) humans FFI prion HuPrPSc


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