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Monitoring of chronic wasting disease (CWD) (IV) [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2023 The European Commission requested an analysis of the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) monitoring programme in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (9 January 2017–28 February 2022). Thirteen cases were detected in reindeer,
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) +24 more
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2017 In April and May of 2016, Norway confirmed two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild reindeer and a wild moose, respectively. In the light of this emerging issue, the European Commission requested EFSA to recommend surveillance activities and,
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) +27 more
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Update on chronic wasting disease (CWD) III [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2019 The European Commission asked EFSA for a Scientific Opinion: to revise the state of knowledge about the differences between the chronic wasting disease (CWD) strains found in North America (NA) and Europe and within Europe; to review new scientific ...
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Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe describe chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in raw and cooked meat from a CWD-positive elk. We found limited zoonotic potential in CWD prions from those meat products.
Rebeca Benavente +8 more
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Chronic wasting disease as a model for human prion therapy [PDF]
PrionPrion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are fatal neurodegenerative disorders that result from abnormally folded prion proteins. These disorders can be sporadic, acquired, or genetic.
Michael Bordonaro
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Sensitive, non-invasive detection of chronic wasting disease in wild and captive white-tailed deer using fecal volatile profiling [PDF]
mSphereChronic wasting disease (CWD) is a universally fatal, transmissible prion disease affecting cervids. Primarily found among deer populations in North America, the disease has spread across the continent and made forays into Europe and Asia as well ...
Amalia Z. Berna +7 more
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Detection of Prions in Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) from Areas with Reported Chronic Wasting Disease Cases, United States [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesUsing a prion amplification assay, we identified prions in tissues from wild pigs (Sus scrofa) living in areas of the United States with variable chronic wasting disease (CWD) epidemiology.
Paulina Soto +14 more
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Prions in Muscles of Cervids with Chronic Wasting Disease, Norway [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesChronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging prion disease in Nordic countries and has been detected in reindeer, moose, and red deer since 2016. CWD sporadically detected in moose and red deer in 3 Nordic countries demonstrated pathologic and strain ...
Tram T. Vuong +9 more
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Overview of North American Isolates of Chronic Wasting Disease Used for Strain Research [PDF]
PathogensChronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects Cervidae species, and is the only known prion disease transmitted among wildlife species.
W. David Walter +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a deleterious brain proteinopathy caused by a pathogenic form of prion protein (PrPSc), which is converted from a benign form of prion protein (PrPC) encoded by the prion protein gene (PRNP).
In-Soon Roh +11 more
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