Spongiform encephalopathy

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

chronic wasting disease of elk and deer, CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease), corpus striatum spinal degeneration, corticostriatal spinal degeneration, Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, Gerstmann Straussler syndrome, kuru, spastic pseudosclerosis

See for

prion induced disorder, unconventional slow virus disease

Broader Terms

latent virus infection, organic brain syndrome

Narrower Terms

scrapie

Related Terms

dementia, prion

Scope Note

any of various brain diseases in humans and animals in which areas of the brain slowly degenerate and take on a spongy appearance.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• What is BSE? Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a disease of adult cattle affecting the central nervous system.
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is being maintained by vertical and horizontal transmission.
• Background Spongiform Encephalopathies Spongiform Encephalopathy is not a modern disease.
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is most often diagnosed by examination of brain and spinal cord tissue after the animals death.
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is most often diagnosed by examination of brain and spinal cord tissue after the animal's death.

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