Detection of chronic wasting disease in mule and white-tailed deer by RT-QuIC analysis of outer ear

Detection of chronic wasting disease in mule and white-tailed deer by RT-QuIC analysis of outer ear

Abstract Efforts to contain the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal, contagious prion disease of cervids, would be aided by the availability of additional diagnostic tools. RT-QuIC assays allow ultrasensitive detection of prion seeds in a wide variety of cervid tissues, fluids and excre...

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Main Authors: Natalia C. Ferreira, Jorge M. Charco, Jakob Plagenz, Christina D. Orru, Nathanial D. Denkers, Michael A. Metrick, Andrew G. Hughson, Karen A. Griffin, Brent Race, Edward A. Hoover, Joaquín Castilla, Tracy A. Nichols, Michael W. Miller, Byron Caughey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87295-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87295-8

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