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Alterations in gut microbiota linked to provenance, sex, and chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer ( <i>Odocoileus virginianus</i> )
2021-01-11
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, contagious, neurodegenerative prion disease affecting both free-ranging and captive cervid species. CWD is spread via direct or indirect contact or oral ingestion of prions. In the gastrointestinal tract, prions enter the body through microfold cells (M-cells), and the abundance of these cells can be influenced by the gut microbiota. To explore potential links between the...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a4cf6dce-76af-56ef-a0dc-dc829c809636
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.01.11.426270
