Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down17cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up1385arrow-down1external-link‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square152fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·11 months agoIt’s actually worse than a virus. Once an environment is infected, the pathogen is extremely hard to eradicate. It can persist for years in dirt or on surfaces, and scientists report it is resistant to disinfectants, formaldehyde, radiation and incineration at 600C (1,100F).
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·edit-211 months agoThe pathogen in question is a prion (a mutant contagious protein molecule)
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·11 months agoSeeing as most of us eat herbivores that feed on the foliage growing in infected soil, that’s an issue as well.
It’s actually worse than a virus.
The pathogen in question is a prion (a mutant contagious protein molecule)
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Seeing as most of us eat herbivores that feed on the foliage growing in infected soil, that’s an issue as well.