American Society of Microbiology ABMM ABMM Question # 90 Topic 5 Discussion

American Society of Microbiology ABMM ABMM Question # 90 Topic 5 Discussion

ABMM Exam Topic 5 Question 90 Discussion:
Question #: 90
Topic #: 5

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, are caused by infectious agents composed primarily of:


A.

Viroids (small, circular RNA molecules)


B.

Defective viral particles requiring a helper virus


C.

Aberrantly folded host-encoded prion proteins (PrP<sup>Sc</sup>)


D.

Slow-growing bacteria lacking a cell wall  


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