Prion Diseases

Where is scrapie endemic to?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Papua New Guinea

• Worldwide (meaning it is not endemic to any one place but can occur anywhere in the world.)

Where is BSE endemic to?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Papua New Guinea

• Worldwide (meaning it is not endemic to any one place but can occur anywhere in the world.)

Where is vCJD endemic to?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Papua New Guinea

• Worldwide (meaning it is not endemic to any one place but can occur anywhere in the world.)

Where is Kuru endemic to?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Papua New Guinea

• Worldwide (meaning it is not endemic to any one place but can occur anywhere in the world.)

Where is CJD endemic to?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Papua New Guinea

• Worldwide (meaning it is not endemic to any one place but can occur anywhere in the world.)

Why did BSE 1st emerge?

• from a genetic mutation

• from eating dead BSE cows

• from eating Scrapie sheep

• from eating contaminated grass

List the order of prion diseases from OLDEST to NEWEST.

• Scrapie, Kuru, BSE, vCJD

• Scrapie, BSE, Kuru, vCJD

• vCJD, BSE, Kuru, Scrapie

• vCJD, BSE, Scrapie, Kuru

All of the following are true of prion proteins except:

• Normal and abnormal prions have different functions

• Changing the shape of a protein also changes the function of that protein

• Normal and abnormal prions have the same function

• The shape of the protein determines the function of the protein

CJD is a rare, genetic, degenerative brain disease.

• True

• False

vCJD is a rare, genetic, degenerative brain disease.

• True

• False