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A novel prion strain is responsible for the first case of chronic wasting disease in Finnish moose

2022-07-11

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Concern is mounting over the global emergence, expanding host range, and uncertain zoonotic potential of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal, infectious disease of cervids caused by prions. Our previous studies using genetically modified CWD-susceptible mice showed that Norwegian and North American CWD are caused by different prion strains. Here we investigated the properties of prions causing the first case of...

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10.1101/2022.07.11.499602
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