Reduction of prion infectivity in packed red blood cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Morales, Rodrigo ^a,b   Buytaert Hoefen, Kimberley A ^c   Gonzalez Romero, Dennisse ^a   Castilla, Joaquin ^a   Hansen, Eric T ^c   Hlavinka, Dennis ^c   Goodrich, Raymond P ^c   Soto, Claudio ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CaridianBCT Biotechnologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Blood transfusion; Diagnosis; Prion diseases; Prions; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MISFOLDING CYCLING AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SEPARATION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CRICETINAE; ERYTHROCYTES; PRPSC PROTEINS;

BOS; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 55549133240     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.141     Document Type: Article

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