Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet

Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease of deer and elk that continues to emerge in new locations. To explore the means by which prions are transmitted with high efficiency among cervids, we examined prion infectivity in the apical skin layer covering the growing antler (a...

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Main Authors: Rachel C. Angers, Tanya S. Seward, Dana Napier, Michael Green, Edward Hoover, Terry Spraker, Katherine O’Rourke, Aru Balachandran, Glenn C. Telling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Prions and related diseases
prion proteins
elk
antler velvet
chronic wasting disease
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/08-1458_article

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