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Mother to offspring transmission of chronic wasting disease in reeves' muntjac deer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Nalls Amy V, McNulty Erin, Powers Jenny, Seelig Davis M, Hoover Clare, Haley Nicholas J, Hayes-Klug Jeanette, Anderson Kelly, Stewart Paula, Goldmann Wilfred, Hoover Edward A, Mathiason Candace K
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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 vertica...
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