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Influence of environmental conditions on the attenuation of ricin toxin on surfaces

Ricin is a highly-toxic compound derived from castor plant beans. Several incidents involving contamination of residences and buildings due to ricin production or dissemination have occurred in recent years. The goal of this study was to determine whether ricin bioactivity could be attenuated in rea...

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Autores principales: Wood, Joseph P., Richter, William, Smiley, M. Autumn, Rogers, James V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30089173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201857