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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455728803321

Titolo

Advancing prion science [[electronic resource] ] : guidance for the national prion research program / / Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science ; Rick Erdtmann and Laura B. Sivitz, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-17944-9

9786610179442

0-309-52714-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ErdtmannRick

SivitzLaura

Disciplina

616.8/3

Soggetti

Prion diseases

Prion diseases - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.