Persistence of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy infectious agent in sewage

Environmental Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Maluquer de Motes, Carlos ^a,c   Espinosa, Juan Carlos ^b   Esteban, Ana ^b   Calvo, Miquel ^a   Girones, Rosina ^a   Torres, Juan María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Environment; Infectivity; Prions; PrP Res; Sewage

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEWAGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 84864923680     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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