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