List of Contents.- Prion Protein and the Molecular Features of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents.- Past, Present and Future of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in France.- Pathology and Pathogenesis of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie.- Public Health and the BSE Epidemic.- Clinical Features of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- Neuropathology and Molecular Biology of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- The Epidemiology of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.- Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervids.