Chronic Wasting Disease – Prions
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Chronic Wasting Disease – Prions“ von Vincent Racaniello, PhD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Microbiology: Introduction“.
Quiz zum Vortrag
Why do prions constitute a threat to the food supply?
- Consumption of contaminated meat may transmit TSE to humans.
- Humans may sporadically develop prion disease.
- Scrapie can be transmitted to mice.
- Humans may transmit prion disease to other humans via corneal transplants.
Which of the following does NOT explain why prion diseases are thought to be a serious health concern?
- They involve collections of several different parasites all working together.
- They are uniformly undetectable before symptoms develop.
- No diagnostic tests exist that can tell whether a person is infected with a prion.
- There are no effective treatments to cure a prion disease.
- They involve an incubation period and symptoms that involve neurological problems.
Chronic wasting disease affects which of the following animals?
- Elk
- Goat
- Cow
- Hen
- Turkey
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Dozent des Vortrages Chronic Wasting Disease – Prions
Vincent Racaniello, PhD
Dr. Vincent Racaniello is a Higgins Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University, in New York, USA.
He obtained his PhD at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, in 1979 and joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1982.
Because of his achievements, he has received several awards, including the Irma T. Hirschl, Searle Scholars Program, Eli Lilly, and NIH Merit Awards. Dr. Racaniello is interested in using new media for medical education; he writes on his virology blog and hosts and produces several podcasts.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Racaniello teaches courses on Microbiology.
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