title: Reply to Smyth et al.
authors.affiliation: Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Ryan A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Maddox
authors.forename: Lawrence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Schonberger
authors.forename: Ermias D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Belay
mesh_terms: D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013242:Sterilization; D013525:Surgical Instruments