Contaminated surgical instruments and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (multiple letters) [7]

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9192, 1999, Pages 1823-1824

  Laurenson, I F ^a   Whyte, A S ^a   Fox, C ^a   Babb, J R ^a   Diringer, H ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PRION; VIROLOGY; ADULT; ANIMAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; TIME;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PRIONS; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033589580     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)70594-8     Document Type: Letter

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