Chronic wasting disease prions in mule deer interdigital glands

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a geographically expanding, fatal neurodegenerative disease in cervids. The disease can be transmitted directly (animal-animal) or indirectly via infectious prions shed into the environment. The precise mechanisms of indirect CWD transmission are unclear but known so...

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Main Authors: Anthony Ness, Doris Zeng, Alsu Kuznetsova, Alicia Otero, Chiye Kim, Kelsey Saboraki, Susan Lingle, Margo Pybus, Judd Aiken, Sabine Gilch, Debbie McKenzie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9529147/?tool=EBI