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SUBMITTER: David Walter W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3105318 | biostudies-other | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
David Walter W W Walsh Daniel P DP Farnsworth Matthew L ML Winkelman Dana L DL Miller Michael W MW
Nature communications 20110215
Environmental factors-especially soil properties-have been suggested as potentially important in the transmission of infectious prion diseases. Because binding to montmorillonite (an aluminosilicate clay mineral) or clay-enriched soils had been shown to enhance experimental prion transmissibility, we hypothesized that prion transmission among mule deer might also be enhanced in ranges with relatively high soil clay content. In this study, we report apparent influences of soil clay content on the ...[more]