Circulation of prions within dust on a scrapie affected farm

Prion diseases are fatal neurological disorders that affect humans and animals. Scrapie of sheep/goats and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) of deer/elk are contagious prion diseases where environmental reservoirs have a direct link to the transmission of disease. Using protein misfolding cyclic amplifi...

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Main Authors: Gough, Kevin C., Baker, Claire A., Simmons, Hugh A., Hawkins, Steve A., Maddison, Ben C.
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30238/