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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in blood from pre-symptomatic white-tailed deer harboring PRNP polymorphic variants.
Scientific reports - 13 Nov 2020
Kramm Carlos, Soto Paulina, Nichols Tracy A, Morales Rodrigo
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prionopathy affecting wild and farmed cervids. This disease is endemic in North America and has been recently identified in Europe. Ante-mortem CWD tests of pre-clinical cervids may be an important tool in helping control the spread of this disease. Unfortunately, current CWD diagnostic methods are not suitable for non-tissue type samples. We reported that CWD prions can be...
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