Learning Objectives for "Other Acellular Infectious Agents: Viroids and Prions"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Define viroid and name an infection caused by a viroid.

2. Define prion and name 3 protein misfolding diseases that apprear to be initiated by prions.

 

 

Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

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Last updated: Feb., 2020
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