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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 2, Issue 10, Pages 809-819Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1003
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Prion diseases are among the most intriguing infectious diseases and are associated with unconventional proteinaceous infectious agents known as prions. Prions seem to lack nucleic acid and propagate by transmission of protein misfolding. The nature of prions and their unique mode of transmission present challenges for early diagnosis of prion diseases. In this article, state-of-the-art prion diagnostic techniques, together with the new strategies that are being used to develop sensitive, early and non-invasive diagnoses for these diseases are reviewed.
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