Does variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have an Achilles heel? [2]

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9160, 1999, Pages 1271-

  Burdon, D W ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

APPENDIX; AUTOCLAVE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HEAT TREATMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TONSIL;

EID: 0033541597     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66945-0     Document Type: Letter

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3. DW Burdon A novel replicating agent isolated from the human intestinal tract having characteristics shared with Creutzfeldt-Jakob and related agents J Med Microbiol 29 1989 145 157
4. AC Dyas DW Burdon Studies of a novel agent possessing resistance to moist heat and disinfectants: parallels with Creutzfeldt-Jakob agent J Hosp Infect 15 1990 265 272