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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...
Autores principales: | Plummer, Ian H., Johnson, Chad J., Chesney, Alexandra R., Pedersen, Joel A., Samuel, Michael D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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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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