Prevalence of disease related prion protein in anonymous tonsil specimens in Britain: cross sectional opportunistic survey

Objective To establish with improved accuracy the prevalence of disease related prion protein (PrP(CJD)) in the population of Britain and thereby guide a proportionate public health response to limit the threat of healthcare associated transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Design...

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Main Authors: Clewley, Jonathan P, Kelly, Carole M, Andrews, Nick, Vogliqi, Kelly, Mallinson, Gary, Kaisar, Maria, Hilton, David A, Ironside, James W, Edwards, Philip, McCardle, Linda M, Ritchie, Diane L, Dabaghian, Reza, Ambrose, Helen E, Gill, O Noel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685439/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19460798
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b1442
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