Mineral licks as environmental reservoirs of chronic wasting disease prions

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease of deer, elk, moose, and reindeer (cervids) caused by misfolded prion proteins. The disease has been reported across North America and recently discovered in northern Europe. Transmission of CWD in wild cervid populations can occur t...

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Autores principales: Plummer, Ian H., Johnson, Chad J., Chesney, Alexandra R., Pedersen, Joel A., Samuel, Michael D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196745

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196745

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