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Early and Non-Invasive Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Feces by Real-Time Quaking Induced Conversion

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease of wild and captive cervids in North America. Prions are infectious agents composed of a misfolded version of a host-encoded protein, termed PrP(Sc). Infected cervids excrete and secrete prions, contributing to lateral transmission. Geographical...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Yo Ching, Hannaoui, Samia, John, Theodore R., Dudas, Sandor, Czub, Stefanie, Gilch, Sabine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166187

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