Which infectious agent is the smallest?
bacteria
virus
fungi
prion
A prion is a single protein in a misfolded form. The prion theory was developed to explain the discovery that the mysterious infectious agent causing the diseases scrapie and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease resisted ionizing radiation. The data suggested that the infectious agent was too small to be a virus.
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Italy40
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Australia90
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Pakistan145
Canada115
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Germany1040
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Malaysia55
Unknown49
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