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PRION

Kuru was propagated by ritual cannibalism

New form emerged recently:

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; or Mad Cow Disease!!!

(In man, the first symptons may be loss of memory, motor disturbances leading to dementia and...) (Death)

Mad Cow Disease

Mad Cow Disease

Consumption by cattle of feed

Supplements derived from scrapie-contaminated sheep

Prion may arise spontaneously by imoculation transmited

Conversely, immunoaffinity purification of scrapie infected hamster brain extracts using anti-bodies against PrP led to enrichment of infectivity.