Prions : A Challenge for Science, Medicine and Public Health System. Now Available: 2nd, Revised and Extended Edition (2004) Prions
In the past decades, the public has been forced to revise its perception of the apparent triumph of modern hygiene and medical microbiology over infectious diseases. Not only have older infections reemerged but new epidemics, like AIDS, have lead to public uncertainty. With the onset of the bovine s...
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