Mother to offspring transmission of chronic wasting disease in reeves' muntjac deer.

The horizontal transmission of prion diseases has been well characterized in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), chronic wasting disease (CWD) of deer and elk and scrapie of sheep, and has been regarded as the primary mode of transmission. Few studies have monitored the possibility of vertical t...

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Main Authors: Amy V Nalls, Erin McNulty, Jenny Powers, Davis M Seelig, Clare Hoover, Nicholas J Haley, Jeanette Hayes-Klug, Kelly Anderson, Paula Stewart, Wilfred Goldmann, Edward A Hoover, Candace K Mathiason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3743758?pdf=render