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Title Prions and mad cow disease / edited by Brian K. Nunnally, Ira S. Krull
Published New York : Marcel Dekker, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 428 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / David C. Bolton -- 1. Taking Aim at the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Infectious Agents / Richard I. Carp and Richard J. Kascsak -- 2. Prions, the Protein Hypothesis, and Scientific Revolutions / David C. Bolton -- 3. A Simulation Model for Evaluating the Potential for Spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Animals or to People / Joshua T. Cohen [and others] -- 4. Actions to Prevent Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy from Entering the United States / Linda A. Detwiler and Burt Pritchett -- 5. Overview of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in Cervids in the United States / Sam D. Holland -- 6. Bioassays for Prions / Andrew F. Hill, Emmanuel A. Asante, and John Collinge -- 7. Cyclic Amplification of Scrapie Prion Protein : Implications for Diagnosis / Claudio Soto -- 8. The Enfer Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Assay : Chemiluminescent ELISA of Prion Proteins / Riona Sayers -- 9. Sensitive Detection of Prion Proteins by Immunoassay : CEA/Bio-Rad Test / Emmanuel E. Comoy, Jacques Grassi, and Jean-Philipe Deslys -- 10. The Diagnosis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Using Differential Extraction and DELFIA / Geoff Barnard and Man-Sun Sy -- 11. In Vivo Diagnosis of Prion Diseases / Ruth Gabizon and Gideon M. Shaked -- 12. Diagnosis of Prion Diseases by Multispectral Techniques / Richard Rubenstein [and others] -- 13. Detection of the Prion Protein in Blood Using a Fluorescence Immunoassay / Mary Jo Schmerr and Andrew Alpert -- 14. Prion Detection and Application to the Safety of Biological Products / Jeanette L.C. Miller [and others]
Summary This text recommends possible strategies to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy from spreading. It considers cyclic amplification of scrapie prion protein and its implications for diagnosis, as well as the sensitive detection of prion proteins by immunoassay
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Prion diseases.
Prions.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform -- prevention & control
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform -- etiology
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform -- diagnosis
Prion Diseases
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
Prions -- immunology
Prions -- pathogenicity
MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- Food Animal.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Prion diseases
Prions
Form Electronic book
Author Nunnally, Brian K
Krull, Ira S., 1940-
ISBN 0824756843
9780824756840
0203912977
9780203912973
9781135525798
113552579X
9781135525743
1135525749
9781135525781
1135525781
9780824740832
0824740831