Dehydration of Prions on Environmentally Relevant Surfaces Protects Them from Inactivation by Freezing and Thawing

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging prion disease in North America. Recent identification of CWD in wild cervids from Norway raises the concern of the spread of CWD in Europe. CWD infectivity can enter the environment through live animal excreta and carcasses where it can bind to soil. Well...

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Published in:J Virol
Main Authors: Yuan, Qi, Telling, Glenn, Bartelt-Hunt, Shannon L., Bartz, Jason C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Prions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874414/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02191-17
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