Prions are infectious protein particles causing TSES like Mad Cow disease, spread through various ways including eating infected tissue and handling infected animals.
Prions are infectious protein particles that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSES), such as Mad Cow disease. Prions can be transmitted through eating contaminated nervous tissue, as seen in cases like mad cow disease and kuru spread through cannibalism.
Transmission of prions also includes handling infected animals, transmission through vectors like ticks or flies, and even through aerosol transmission in controlled environments or as a potential bioweapon.
Understanding the unusual means of prion transmission, such as the conversion of normal prion protein into the disease-causing form, is crucial in grasping how these infectious agents operate and spread.
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