Clay components in soil dictate environmental stability and bioavailability of cervid prions in mice

Clay components in soil dictate environmental stability and bioavailability of cervid prions in mice

Chronic wasting disease affects cervids and is the only known prion disease to affect free-ranging wildlife populations. CWD spread continues unabated, and exact mechanisms of its seemingly facile spread among deer and elk across landscapes in North America remain elusive. Here we confirm that nat...

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Main Authors: A. Christy Wyckoff, Sarah Kane, Krista Lockwood, Jeff Seligman, Brady Michel, Dana Hill, Aimee Ortega, Mihnea Mangalea, Glenn C. Telling, Michael W. Miller, Kurt Vercauteren, Mark D Zabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Prions
Soil
environment
transmission
Montmorillonite
clay
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01885/full

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