RT-QuIC detection of CWD prion seeding activity in white-tailed deer muscle tissues

Abstract Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease circulating in wild and farmed cervid populations throughout North America (United States and Canada), Europe (Finland, Norway, Sweden), and South Korea. CWD is a long-term threat to all cervid populations and to cervid hunting heritage, with...

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Main Authors: Manci Li, Marc D. Schwabenlander, Gage R. Rowden, Jeremy M. Schefers, Christopher S. Jennelle, Michelle Carstensen, Davis Seelig, Peter A. Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96127-8