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25 Cards in this Set
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virus like |
viroids |
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viroids discoverer |
Theodor Otto Diener |
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1st identified viroid |
Potato spindle tuber viroid |
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short circular single stranded RNA w/o protein coats |
viroid |
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genus of PSTV & Citrus exocortis |
Pospiviroid |
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Peach latin mosaic (PLMVd) genus |
Pelamoviroids |
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Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) genus |
Apscaviroid |
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Avocado sunblotch (ASBVd) genus |
Avsunviroids |
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Coconut cadang cadang (CCCVd) genus |
Cocadviroids |
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Coleus blumei 1 (CbVd1) genus |
Coleviroids |
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Hopstunt (HSVd) genus |
Hostuviroids |
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proteinacious infectious particle |
prions |
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he coined prions |
stanley b. prusiner |
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causes of prions |
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) |
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"prion disease", characterized by tiny holes that give the brain the spongy appearance |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
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mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) |
Creutzfeldt-Jacod Disease |
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fatal neurodegenerative disease in 20-60 yrs old |
Gertsmann Straussler Scheinker Syndrome |
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worsening insomnia |
fatal familial insomnia |
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speech deficit, ataxia, parkinsonism age onset- 70 yrs old survival duration- 24 months |
Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy |
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loss of ability to understand or express speech |
aphasis |
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difficult of unclear speech |
dysarthria |
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loss of full control of bodily movements |
ataxia |
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body tremor, musculae rigidity, slow imprecise movement |
parkinsonism |
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kuru is endemic to what tribal region |
papua new gunea |
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to shake |
kuria/quria |
