Scrapie Agent (Strain 263K) can transmit disease via the oral route after persistence in soil over years.

Scrapie Agent (Strain 263K) can transmit disease via the oral route after persistence in soil over years.

The persistence of infectious biomolecules in soil constitutes a substantial challenge. This holds particularly true with respect to prions, the causative agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or chronic wasting disease (C...

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Main Authors: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann, Martin H Groschup, Rainer Peters, Michael Beekes, Konstantin Terytze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1855989?pdf=render

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