spongiform encephalopathies
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A group of diseases characterized by long incubation and fatal progressive course with characteristic spongiform degeneration of grey matter of the cortex. The two main human diseases are
kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Diseases such as
scrapie, mink encephalopathy and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are considered to be similar. Controversy still surround the causative agent; the two main theories being slow viruses or
prions. See also
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome.
Dictionary of molecular biology.
2004.
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transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus … Useful english dictionary
