Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Prions as Hazard During Handling of Cadavers

Dr Shweta Chaudhary, Dr Mansour A. Alghamdi, Dr Rishi Kumar Bharti

Abstract :

The past 20 years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of interest in a hitherto obscure neurodegenerative disease, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD(1) Being a member of an anatomy department has its own risks as all other fields. The potential infection hazard  by prions  during handling of human cadavers is one of them. Cadavers are the main studying materials of teaching in anatomy.(2) The cadaver may cause infection via prions to persons handling cadavers in anatomy.

 

Keywords :

Prions   iatrogenic   CJD   Anatomy   Dissection  

Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex  

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Dr Shweta Chaudhary, Dr Mansour A. Alghamdi, Dr Rishi Kumar Bharti, Prions as Hazard During Handling of Cadavers, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018


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