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No, although there is a hypothesis that prion diseases are associated with an undetected viral pathogen.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoyes, a pathogen is anything that elicits a response from the immune system
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Which of these is an infectious protein viroid vector virus prion?
Prion
What is the smallest infections agent-virus-protozoa fungi or helminth?
No. The smallest infective particle is a protein called a prion.
A disease causing particle made of RNA without a capsid is called?
A Prion. It transmits a mis-folded protein state, and replicates by causing the host's proteins to replicate into its mis-folded pattern. Mad Cow disease is an example of a prion.
How do virus prion and viroid evolve?
Prions are misfolded proteins and may form because of some misreading of the DNA code. Virions are extracellular state of a virus with nucleocapsid.
Is a virus is the smallest thing that can cause disease?
yes it a disease to your body and is what causes a cold
Which of these is an infectious protein viroid vector virus prion?
Prion
Is chronic wasting disease a virus?
NO. It is caused by a PRION, not a virus.
Is a prion a virus?
No, although there is a hypothesis that prion diseases are associated with an undetected viral pathogen.
What is a small non-living infectious particle?
A virus or a prion.
What is a non-cellular infectious agent?
A virus, a viroid or a prion
What one of these is an infectious protein?
They are called Prion. This is the definition I fount at wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn: "an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system".
What is the smallest infections agent-virus-protozoa fungi or helminth?
No. The smallest infective particle is a protein called a prion.
What is the naturally occurring circular piece of DNA called?
prion You are incorrect. It is called a plasmid. A prion is a very difficult infectious self-replicating particle similar to a virus.
True or False Mad cows disease or BSE is caused by a virus?
FALSE. BSE is caused by a PRION or misfolded protein, NOT a virus.
How does the virus of mad cow get its energy?
Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is NOT caused by a virus, it is a PRION, which is a mis-folded protein.
A disease causing particle made of RNA without a capsid is called?
A Prion. It transmits a mis-folded protein state, and replicates by causing the host's proteins to replicate into its mis-folded pattern. Mad Cow disease is an example of a prion.
Is the influenza virus bigger than the red blood cell?
As far as biological viruses, the prion is smaller than a virus. It it a misfolded protein.
