Scrapie Agent (Strain 263K) Can Transmit Disease via the Oral Route after Persistence in Soil over Years

The persistence of infectious biomolecules in soil constitutes a substantial challenge. This holds particularly true with respect to prions, the causative agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or chronic wasting disease (C...

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Autores principales: Seidel, Bjoern, Thomzig, Achim, Buschmann, Anne, Groschup, Martin H., Peters, Rainer, Beekes, Michael, Terytze, Konstantin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1855989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17502917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000435