Enzymatic Digestion of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions Bound to Soil
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S A M U E L E . S A U N D E R S , † J A S O N C . B A R T Z , ‡ K U R T C . V E R C A U T E R E N , § A N D S H A N N O N L . B A R T E L T H U N T * , † Department of Civil Engineering, Peter Kiewit Institute, University of NebraskasLincoln, Omaha, Nebraska 68588, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
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Enzymatic digestion of chronic wasting disease prions bound to soil.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) and sheep scrapie can be transmitted via indirect environmental routes, and it is known that soil can serve as a reservoir of prion infectivity. Given the strong interaction between the prion protein (PrP) and soil, we hypothesized that binding to soil enhances prion resistance to enzymatic digestion, thereby facilitating prion longevity in the environment and prov...
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