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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie: Potential Human Hazards

W. F. Blakemore

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a recently recognized disease of cattle, resulted from the incorporation of scrapie-infected sheep tissue into cattle food. BSE and scrapie are members of a group of transmissible diseases caused by an unconventional infectious agent, some of which affect man. As these diseases can cross species barriers this new bovine disease may represent a potential disease hazard to man.

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Key concepts: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Scrapie, Disease, Virology, Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, Biology, Infectious disease (medical specialty), Prion protein