V.A. Zuyev, I.A. Zavalishin, V.M. Roykhel. Human and Animal Prion Diseases. Guidance for Doctors. Moscow, Medicine, 1999, 192 p.

Reviewer: member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Y.I. Gusev.

The guidance contain information on prion diseases caused by the new class agents being non-nucleic protein molecules of the mammal body obtaining high infectivity resulting from conformational changes. The book contains a review of classification, provides data on the agents' properties, and describes pathogenesis of clinical performance of prion diseases.

For virologists, neurologists, infection disease doctors, psychiatrists, and pathologists.

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