Prions

Agent Name
Prions
Major Category
Biological Agents
Category
Infectious Agents
Comments
"CJD and other related diseases are believed to be caused by prions, which are abnormally folded versions of the self-replicating, host-encoded prion protein." [CCDM, p. 486]
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