Encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles : biología del prion y estado actual de la vigilancia epidemiológica en Colombia

ABSTRACT: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopaties, also called prion diseases, are a group of neurodegenerative diseases affecting a variety of mammals. The responsible agent consists of an abnormal isoform of a cellular protein that suffers a conformational change (prion), acquiring the ability of...