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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Italy
40
the Netherlands
44
Greece
40
Republic of Ireland
68
Australia
88
Poland
25276
the United Kingdom
455
Pakistan
145
Canada
115
Austria
160
Germany
990
India
1043
Malaysia
55
Unknown
49
Ghana
39
the United States
1204
Switzerland
103
Nigeria
84
the Philippines
138
the United Arab Emirates
38