Infectivity of Prion Protein Bound to Stainless Steel Wires: A Model for Testing Decontamination Procedures for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-283

  Yan, Zheng Xin ^a   Stitz, Lothar ^b   Heeg, Peter ^c   Pfaff, Eberhard ^b   Roth, Klaus ^a  

^a SMP GmbH Pruefen Validieren Forschen   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; DECONTAMINATION; DETERGENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 1942451924     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502392     Document Type: Article

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