프리온 그리고 광우병과 변형 크로이츠펠트 야콥병(인간광우병)간의 유관성

Prion and the Relationship between Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

A significant concern about the potential that many Korean may be infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) through ingestion of cow meat has been increasing by leaps and bounds in all over the Korea, along with the reopening import of cow meat from United States again this year. Therefore, this review is aimed to provide right information about prion characteristics and introduce new insights into the pathogenesis of vCJD. Finally, the prophylactic policy to interrupt transmission routes from Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to vCJD was suggested on the basis of the previous reports about BSE and vCJD.