1. Chronic Wasting Disease in Cervids: Implications for Prion Transmission to Humans and Other Animal Species.
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Osterholm MT, Anderson CJ, Zabel MD, Scheftel JM, Moore KA, and Appleby BS
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- Animals, Humans, Incidence, North America, Wasting Disease, Chronic prevention & control, Deer, Prions pathogenicity, Public Health, Wasting Disease, Chronic diagnosis, Wasting Disease, Chronic transmission
- Abstract
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion-related transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids, including deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. CWD has been confirmed in at least 26 U.S. states, three Canadian provinces, South Korea, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with a notable increase in the past 5 years. The continued geographic spread of this disease increases the frequency of exposure to CWD prions among cervids, humans, and other animal species. Since CWD is now an established wildlife disease in North America, proactive steps, where possible, should be taken to limit transmission of CWD among animals and reduce the potential for human exposure., (Copyright © 2019 Osterholm et al.)
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- 2019
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