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Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease Identifying Prions and Carriers
Author(s) -
Belkin Nathan L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60771-0
Subject(s) - disease , virology , prion protein , creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , biology , medicine , computational biology , pathology
• TWO MAJOR OBSTACLES to be overcome in minimizing the possibility of transmitting Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease or variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease are associated with identifying the prion on disinfected surgical instruments and identifying carriers of the protease‐resistant form of the prion. • NEW DEVELOPMENTS indicate that the means for doing both soon may be available. AORN J 78 (August 2003) 204–210.