Oral Transmissibility of Prion Disease Is Enhanced by Binding to Soil Particles

• Christopher J Johnson,

  Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America , Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Joel A Pedersen,

  Affiliation Department of Soil Science and Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Rick J Chappell,

  Affiliation Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Debbie McKenzie,

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Judd M Aiken

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aiken@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

  Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America , Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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