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Detection of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prions in skin: implications for healthcare
Evidence has recently been reported of prion seeding activity in skin tissue from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). This is relevant information for infection control measures during surgery. The work uses very sensitive prion assays now available for medical research, and may...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5868066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29580258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-018-0536-3 |