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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
10
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2001-11-19
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pubmed:abstractText |
Prions are unusually resistant to conventional disinfection procedures. An electrode used intracerebrally on a Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) patient transmitted the disease to two patients in succession and finally to a chimpanzee, despite attempted disinfection. Concerns that surgical instruments may transmit variant CJD have been raised by the finding of PrP(Sc), a surrogate marker for infectivity, in various tissues other than brain.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
1076-1551
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
7
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
679-84
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2011-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Brain,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Disease Transmission, Infectious,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Luminescent Measurements,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-PrPSc Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Protein Binding,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Scrapie,
pubmed-meshheading:11713367-Stainless Steel
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pubmed:year |
2001
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Transmission of scrapie by steel-surface-bound prions.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, London, UK.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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