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The Need for Continued Development of Ricin Countermeasures

Ricin toxin, an extremely potent and heat-stable toxin produced from the bean of the ubiquitous Ricinus communis (castor bean plant), has been categorized by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a category B biothreat agent that is moderately easy to disseminate. Ricin has the...

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Autores principales: Reisler, Ronald B., Smith, Leonard A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/149737