Failure To Detect Prion Infectivity in Ticks following Prion-Infected Blood Meal
ABSTRACT Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging and fatal contagious prion disease that affects cervids, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, red deer reindeer, elk, and moose. CWD prions are widely distributed throughout the bodies of CWD-infected animals and are found i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-10-01
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Series: | mSphere |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00741-20 |