Animal prion diseases: the risks to human health

Quantifying Human Health Risks from Animal Antimicrobials

In 1969, the Joint Committee on the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine in the United Kingdom warned that uncontrolled use of similar antimicrobials in humans and food animals might promote the emergence of resistant strains of foodborne bacteria that could endanger human health and compromise the effectiveness of antimicrobial therapies in human patients (Swann 1969)...

Asia – Human Health Risks from the Human- Animal Interface

Visual pathology in animal prion diseases.

Prion diseases, also known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are a group of slowly developing neurodegenerations occurring in human and animals. Prion diseases can be transferred between animals, humans, from humans to animals, and from animals to humans. As a result, the central nervous system is attacked, resulting in microglia activation, astrocytosis, prion plaque dep...

Fruits Contaminated with Lead, Cadmium and Nitrate are the Risks to Human Health: A seasonal study

Background: Consumers may be contaminated by various food intakes as one of the most important sources of organic and inorganic pollutants associated with agriculture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and nitrate contaminations in watermelon and carrot samples and the associated risks to human health. Methods: In this cross sectional study, 108 samples of wat...

Therapies for human prion diseases.

The pathological foundation of human prion diseases is a result of the conversion of the physiological form of prion protein (PrP(c)) to the pathological protease resistance form PrP(res). Most patients with prion disease have unknown reasons for this conversion and the subsequent development of a devastating neurodegenerative disorder. The conversion of PrP(c) to PrP(res), with resultant propa...