Advancing prion science guidance for the national prion research program /

Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science., ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Erdtmann, Rick.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10055551
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Prion diseases: an overview
  • Diagnostics for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  • Testing blood for evidence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the United States
  • Assessment of strategies to prevent and treat transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  • Infrastructure for research on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  • Risks of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies to the U.S. military.