Detection and survival of prion agents in aquatic environments

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2465-2472

  Maluquer de Motes, C ^a   Cano, M J ^b   Torres, J M ^b   Pumarola, M ^c   Girones, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BSE; Detection; Scrapie; Seawater; Sewage

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DISEASES; SEAWATER; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; LOGARITHM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BUFFER; GLYCINE; PRION PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACIDS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; INHIBITION; PRION DISEASE; SEWAGE; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DENSITOMETRY; EXTRACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; SEWAGE; SHEEP; SPIKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43049107469     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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