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8/01/2008 PERMALINK
  Prions can survive in the ground for several years  Prions, the pathogens that cause scrapie in sheep, can survive in the ground for several years, as researchers have discovered. Animals can become infected via contaminated pastures. It is not yet known whether the pathogens that cause the similar human diseases, BSE and CWD, are equally resistant. "Even after 29 months," said Dr. Bjorn Seidel, who headed the investigations at Federal Research Institute for Animal Health in Germany, "we were still able to detect prions in the soil." ... more Archives:
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