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Duer 157099

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3. CJD isn't caused by a virus or bacteria

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Wed May 16, 2012, 03:10 PM

May 2012

but rather by a protein. And yes, it will survive, which is why the hospital was discarding it. I know that formic acid destroys prions. Nor sure about autoclaves.

Although, seems to me there would be some way to clean it up if they really wanted to. Now instead they just have it out in the wild ready to infect someone.

So sorry about your friend. I've heard about so many cases of CJD that it doesn't sound as rare as it once was.

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Mad Cow testing equipment stolen from Florida Hospital. (Was used to test patient who tested +) [View all] Baitball Blogger May 2012 OP

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend livetohike May 2012 #1

Thanks. It still seems surreal. Took her in a matter of 3 weeks. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #2

CJD isn't caused by a virus or bacteria Duer 157099 May 2012 #3

I'm wondering how many of those CJD cases are actually mad cow related, Baitball Blogger May 2012 #4

Wouldn't surprise me one bit Duer 157099 May 2012 #5

I did my presentation final on prion diseases in microbiology a couple years ago magical thyme May 2012 #11

This is frightening! Baitball Blogger May 2012 #14

the equipment will have serial numbers on it magical thyme May 2012 #15

Oh my....that was fast livetohike May 2012 #6

How do you move half a mil of equipment without someone in the hospital realizing it? Baitball Blogger May 2012 #7

I don't think it is transmittable. They must have been concerned about the genetic predisposition livetohike May 2012 #9

That is terribly unfortunate about the aunts & mother-in-law. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #10

I was thinking "transmittable" as in like a communicable disease. If anything comes in touch with livetohike May 2012 #12

I am Shocked!!! ladybird1121 Oct 2012 #16

I'm so sorry......I will keep positive thoughts that everything turns out clear livetohike Oct 2012 #17

prions are misfolded proteins...neither virus nor bacteria. ret5hd May 2012 #8

Dad died on April 22 also ScubaFun May 2012 #13