Survival of infectious prions in water

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 938-943

  Miles, Syreeta L ^a   Takizawa, Kazue ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^a   Pepper, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

infectivity; Prions; survival; temperature; wastewater; water

Indexed keywords

CELL ASSAYS; ELISPOT; FUNCTION OF TIME; INFECTIOUS PRIONS; INFECTIVITY; PRION INFECTIVITY; PRIONS; SURVIVAL; TAP WATER;

WASTEWATER;

DEIONIZED WATER;

DEIONIZED WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79960670314     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.586247     Document Type: Article

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