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Science 10 February 1984:
Vol. 223. no. 4636, pp. 600 - 602
DOI: 10.1126/science.6420887
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Science, Vol 223, Issue 4636, 600-602
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Virus like sensitivity of the scrapie agent to heat inactivation

RG Rohwer

The resistance of the infectious agent of scrapie disease to sterilization at 100 degrees or 121 degrees C is reputed to be inconsistent with the structure of conventional viruses. However, in kinetic studies the majority of hamster scrapie strain 263K infectivity was (like that of previously characterized viruses) rapidly inactivated at temperatures of 100 degrees C or greater. Small resistant subpopulations remained. Similar heat-resistant subpopulations were observed at 60 degrees C for phage lambda but only in the presence of brain homogenate. Brain homogenate may also confer stability to small subfractions of scrapie infectivity. Such refractory subpopulations cannot be used to make structural inferences that are properly obtained from the behavior of the majority population as revealed in the initial inactivation.


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