Are rapid tests and confirmatory western blot used for cattle and small ruminants TSEs reliable tools for the diagnosis of Chronic Wasting Disease in Europe?

The first case of CWD in Europe was detected in a Norwegian reindeer in 2016, followed later by two CWD cases in Norwegian moose. To prevent the potential spread of CWD to the EU, the European Commission (Regulation EU 2017_1972) implemented a CWD surveillance programme in cervids in the six countri...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Maria Mazza, Linh Tran, Daniela Loprevite, Maria C. Cavarretta, Daniela Meloni, Luana Dell’Atti, Jørn Våge, Knut Madslien, Tram T. Vuong, Elena Bozzetta, Sylvie L. Benestad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468065/?tool=EBI