Identification of chronic wasting disease prions in decaying tongue tissues from exhumed white-tailed deer

Identification of chronic wasting disease prions in decaying tongue tissues from exhumed white-tailed deer

ABSTRACT Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions cause fatal neuropathies in farmed and free-ranging cervids. The deposition of prions in natural and humanmade environmental components has been implicated as a major mechanism mediating CWD spread in wild and captive populations. Prions can be deposited...

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Main Authors: Paulina Soto, Francisca Bravo-Risi, Rebeca Benavente, Stuart Lichtenberg, Mitch Lockwood, J. Hunter Reed, Rodrigo Morales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
prions
chronic wasting disease
protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA)
real-time quaking induced conversion (RT-QuIC)
white-tailed deer
exhumation
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00272-23

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