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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-19
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1076-1551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
679-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Transmission of scrapie by steel-surface-bound prions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't