AUTOCLAVING DOES NOT DECONTAMINATE FORMOL-FIXED SCRAPIE TISSUES

The Lancet

Volumn 331, Issue 8600, 1988, Pages 1463-1464

  Taylor, D M ^a   Mcconnell, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FORMALDEHYDE; MICE; PRIONS; STAINING AND LABELING; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0023880845     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92276-3     Document Type: Letter

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