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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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Autores principales: Nihat, Akin, Mead, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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