Uptake, Retention, and Excretion of Infectious Prions by Experimentally Exposed Earthworms

Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents that can be transmitted through various components of the environment, including soil particles. We found that earthworms exposed to prion-contaminated soil can bind, retain, and excrete prions, which remain highly infectious. Our results suggest that earth...
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Sandra Pritzkow [verfasserIn]

Rodrigo Morales [verfasserIn]

Manuel Camacho [verfasserIn]

Claudio Soto [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

prions and related diseases

chronic wasting disease

environmental transmission

PMCA

earthworms

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Emerging Infectious Diseases - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003, 27(2021), 12, Seite 3151-3154

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:27 ; year:2021 ; number:12 ; pages:3151-3154

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DOI / URN:

10.3201/eid2712.204236

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DOAJ071089950

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