Transmission of scrapie by steel-surface-bound prions

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 679-684

  Flechsig, E ^a   Hegyi, I ^a   Enari, M ^a   Schwarz, P ^a   Collinge, J ^a   Weissmann, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0035174927     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401958     Document Type: Article

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