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Agent Summary Statement – Prion Diseases<br />

TABLE 1<br />

THE HUMAN PRION DISEASES<br />

DISEASE ABBREVIATION MECHANISM OF PATHOGENESIS<br />

Kuru<br />

Infection through ritualistic cannibalism<br />

Creutzfeldt-Jacob<br />

disease<br />

CJD<br />

Unknown mechanism<br />

Sporadic CJD sCJD Unknown mechanism; possibly somatic mutation or<br />

spontaneous conversion of PrP C to PrP Sc<br />

Variant CJD vCJD Infection presumably from consumption of BSE-contaminated<br />

cattle products and secondary bloodborne transmission<br />

Familial CJD fCJD Germline mutations in PrP gene<br />

Iatrogenic CJD iCJD Infection from contaminated corneal and dural grafts, pituitary<br />

hormone, or neurosurgical equipment<br />

Gerstmann-Sträussler-<br />

Scheinker syndrome<br />

GSS<br />

Germline mutations in PrP gene<br />

Fatal familial insomnia FFI Germline mutations in PrP gene<br />

TABLE 2<br />

THE ANIMAL PRION DISEASES<br />

DISEASE ABBREVIATION NATURAL MECHANISM OF PATHOGENESIS<br />

HOST<br />

Scrapie<br />

Sheep, goats Infection in genetically susceptible sheep<br />

and mouflon<br />

Bovine spongiform BSE Cattle Infection with prion-contaminated feedstuffs<br />

encephalopathy<br />

Chronic wasting<br />

disease<br />

CWD<br />

Exotic ungulate<br />

encephalopathy<br />

Feline spongiform<br />

encephalopathy<br />

EUE<br />

FSE<br />

Mule deer,<br />

white-tailed<br />

deer and<br />

Rocky<br />

Mountain<br />

elk<br />

Nyala,<br />

greater kudu<br />

and oryx<br />

Domestic<br />

and wild<br />

cats in<br />

captivity<br />

Unknown mechanism; possibly from direct animal<br />

contact or indirectly from contaminated feed and<br />

water sources<br />

Infection with BSE-contaminated feedstuffs<br />

Infection with BSE-contaminated feedstuffs<br />

Transmissible mink<br />

encephalopathy<br />

TME<br />

Mink (farm<br />

raised)<br />

Infection with prion-contaminated feedstuffs<br />

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