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Distribution and Quantitative Estimates of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Prions in Tissues of Clinical and Asymptomatic Patients

In the United-Kingdom, ≈1 of 2,000 persons could be infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Therefore, risk of transmission of vCJD by medical procedures remains a major concern for public health authorities. In this study, we used in vitro amplification of prions by protein misfoldi...

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Autores principales: Douet, Jean Y., Lacroux, Caroline, Aron, Naima, Head, Mark W., Lugan, Séverine, Tillier, Cécile, Huor, Alvina, Cassard, Hervé, Arnold, Mark, Beringue, Vincent, Ironside, James W., Andréoletti, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28518033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161734