Investigations of a prion infectivity assay to evaluate methods of decontamination

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Fichet, Guillaume ^a   Comoy, Emmanuel ^a   Dehen, Capucine ^a   Challier, Lylian ^a   Antloga, Kathy ^a   Deslys, Jean Philippe ^a   McDonnell, Gerald ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Infectivity model; Prion

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HEAT; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CRICETINAE; DECONTAMINATION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; PRIONS; SCRAPIE;

BOVINAE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 34548120569     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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