Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease
and "Mad Cow Disease"
This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "mad cow disease", which results from infection by an unconventional transmissible agent. The nature of this agent is still unknown, but generally believed is prion protein, a pathogenic form of the protein that is both less soluble and more resistant to enzyme degradation than the normal form. Consumption of contaminated beef products, whole blood transfusions by pathogen-carrier donors might cause transmission of the disease.
Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources
Bastian, Frank O. (ed.). Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
WL 359 C738 1991Bair, Frank E. (ed.). Alzheimer's, stroke, and 29 other neurological disorders sourcebook: basic information for the layperson... p.127-133, 146.
CONSUMER HEALTH WL 348 A477 1993Krause, Richard M. (ed.). Emerging infections. p.447-461.
WC 100 E437 1998
Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
Lederberg, Joshua (ed.). Encyclopedia of microbiology, 2nd ed. p.818-823
REF QW 13 M527 2000Graighead, John E. Pathology and pathogenesis of human viral disease. p.413-425.
WC 500 C714 2000Mahy, B.W.J. Dictionary of virology. 2nd ed.
REF QW 13 M139 1997
Davis, Larry E., et al (eds.). Infectious diseases of the nervous system. p.215-230.
WL 300 I634 2000Booss, John. Viral encephalitis in humans.
WL 351 B667 2003Gerald L., et al (eds.).Mandell, Bennett, and Dolin's Principles and practice of infectious diseases. 2005. (E-Book)
Oldstone, Michael B. A. Viruses, plagues, and histroy. p.162-169.
QW 11 O427 1998Collinge, J., et al (eds.). Prion diseases.
WL 300 P746 1997
Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog
Suggested subject headings: Creutzfeldt Jakob Syndrome Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform Nervous System Diseases Prion Diseases Slow Virus Diseases
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Suggested subject headings: Nervous System Diseases - Periodicals Pathology, Veterinary - Periodicals
Selected indexes and abstracts
MEDLINE Database
Suggested subject headings: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform Prion Diseases Prions
Search using keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mad Cow Disease Prion Diseases
Moffatt SL, et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: perceptions and realities of risk. Clinical Experiment Ophthalmol. 2006 Sep; 34(7):635-6.
Sanchez-Juan P, et al. CSF tests in the differential diagnosis of Creutzfelt-Jakob disease. Neurology. 2006 Aug 22; 67(4):637-43.
Sutton JM, et al. Methods to minimize the risks of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission by surgical procedures: where to set the standard? Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15; 43(6):757-64.
Hohler AD, et al. Onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking an acute cerebrovascular event. Neurology. 2006 Aug 8; 67(3):538-9.
Prince LA, et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: an emergency department presentation of a rare disease. J Emerg Med. 2006 Jul; 31(1):41-4.
Korth C, et al. Emerging pharmacotherapies for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Arch Neurol. 2006 Apr;63(4):497-501. Review.
Cervia JS, et al. An overview of prion biology and the role of blood filtration in reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Transfus Med Rev. 2006 Jul;20(3):190-206. Review
Prusiner, Stanley B. et al. (eds.). Slow transmissible diseases of the nervous system.
WL 359 S57 1979
Department of Pharmacology. (662) 915-5151.
University of Mississippi, Oxford
Marvin Davis, PhD. mailto:stcase@biochem.umsmed.edu
BSE and CJD Information and Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_bse.htmCreutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.
http://www.cjdfoundation.org/The UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/
Author: Gongchao Yang
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Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson