Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms

Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents that can be transmitted through various components of the environment, including soil particles. We found that earthworms exposed to prion-contaminated soil can bind, retain, and excrete prions, which remain highly infectious. Our results suggest that earth...

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Autores principales: Pritzkow, Sandra, Morales, Rodrigo, Camacho, Manuel, Soto, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8632197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34808087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.204236
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author Pritzkow, Sandra
Morales, Rodrigo
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Soto, Claudio
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description Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents that can be transmitted through various components of the environment, including soil particles. We found that earthworms exposed to prion-contaminated soil can bind, retain, and excrete prions, which remain highly infectious. Our results suggest that earthworms potentially contribute to prion disease spread in the environment.
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spelling pubmed-86321972021-12-01 Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms Pritzkow, Sandra Morales, Rodrigo Camacho, Manuel Soto, Claudio Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents that can be transmitted through various components of the environment, including soil particles. We found that earthworms exposed to prion-contaminated soil can bind, retain, and excrete prions, which remain highly infectious. Our results suggest that earthworms potentially contribute to prion disease spread in the environment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8632197/ /pubmed/34808087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.204236 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Pritzkow, Sandra
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Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title_full Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title_fullStr Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title_full_unstemmed Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title_short Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms
title_sort uptake, retention, and excretion of infectious prions by experimentally exposed earthworms
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8632197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34808087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.204236
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