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Environmental Sources of Prion Transmission in Mule Deer

Whether transmission of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion among cervids requires direct interaction with infected animals has been unclear. We report that CWD can be transmitted to susceptible animals indirectly, from environments contaminated by excreta or decomposed carcasses. Under experime...

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Autores principales: Miller, Michael W., Williams, Elizabeth S., Hobbs, N. Thompson, Wolfe, Lisa L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15207049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.040010

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