Susceptibilities of Nonhuman Primates to Chronic Wasting Disease

Susceptibilities of Nonhuman Primates to Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, or prion disease, that affects deer, elk, and moose. Human susceptibility to CWD remains unproven despite likely exposure to CWD-infected cervids. We used 2 nonhuman primate species, cynomolgus macaques and squirrel monkeys,...

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Main Authors: Brent Race, Kimberly D. Meade-White, Michael W. Miller, Kent D. Barbian, Richard Rubenstein, Giuseppe LaFauci, Larisa Cervenakova, Cynthia Favara, Donald Gardner, Dan Long, Michael Parnell, James Striebel, Suzette A. Priola, Anne Ward, Elizabeth S. Williams, Richard Race, Bruce Chesebro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Chronic wasting disease
oral transmission
intracerebral transmission
cynomolgus macaques
squirrel monkeys
TSE diseases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/09-0253_article

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