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Studies in bank voles reveal strain differences between chronic wasting disease prions from Norway and North America.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Dec 2020
Nonno Romolo, Di Bari Michele A, Pirisinu Laura, D'Agostino Claudia, Vanni Ilaria, Chiappini Barbara, Marcon Stefano, Riccardi Geraldina, Tran Linh, Vikøren Turid, Våge Jørn, Madslien Knut, Mitchell Gordon, Telling Glenn C, Benestad Sylvie L, Agrimi Umberto
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relentless epidemic disorder caused by infectious prions that threatens the survival of cervid populations and raises increasing public health concerns in North America. In Europe, CWD was detected for the first time in wild Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces) in 2016. In this study, we aimed at comparing the strain properties of CWD prions derived...
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