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Advancing prion science : guidance for the national prion research program /

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science
Other Authors: Erdtmann, Rick, Sivitz, Laura
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Prion diseases.
Prion diseases > Government policy > United States.
Medical policy.
Prion Diseases > prevention & control
Food Supply > standards
Health Policy
Prion Diseases > diagnosis
Prion Diseases
United States
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0309527147
9780309527149
9786610179442
6610179441
1280179449
9781280179440
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

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