Monitoring of chronic wasting disease (CWD)(IV)

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)… - EFSA …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission requested an analysis of the Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD) monitoring programme in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia …

Chronic wasting disease in Europe: new strains on the horizon

MA Tranulis, D Gavier-Widén, J Våge… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2021 - Springer
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders with known natural occurrence in
humans and a few other mammalian species. The diseases are experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] Novel type of chronic wasting disease detected in moose (Alces alces), Norway

L Pirisinu, L Tran, B Chiappini, I Vanni… - Emerging infectious …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) persists in cervid populations of North America and in 2016
was detected for the first time in Europe in a wild reindeer in Norway. We report the detection …

First Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease in a Wild Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in Europe

T Vikøren, J Våge, KI Madslien… - Journal of wildlife …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease naturally occurring in
cervids in North America. In 2016, CWD was detected in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) …

First case of chronic wasting disease in Europe in a Norwegian free-ranging reindeer

SL Benestad, G Mitchell, M Simmons, B Ytrehus… - Veterinary …, 2016 - Springer
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease in cervids that is
enzootic in some areas in North America. The disease has been found in deer, elk and …

Heterogeneity of pathological prion protein accumulation in the brain of moose (Alces alces) from Norway, Sweden and Finland with chronic wasting disease

D Sola, L Tran, J Våge, K Madslien, TT Vuong… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative, transmissible, and fatal disorders that
affect several animal species. They are characterized by the conformational conversion of …

Chronic wasting disease in Norway—a survey of prion protein gene variation among cervids

ME Güere, J Våge, H Tharaldsen… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Susceptibility of cervids to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a prion disease, can be
modulated by variations in the prion protein gene (PRNP), encoding the cellular prion …

No evidence of uptake or propagation of reindeer CWD prions in environmentally exposed sheep

E Harpaz, Ø Salvesen, GR Rauset, A Mahmood… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2022 - Springer
Background Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of cervids first reported in
North America in the 1960s. In Europe, CWD was first diagnosed in 2016 in a wild reindeer …

Scientific opinion on chronic wasting disease (II)

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)… - EFSA …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on chronic wasting
disease in two parts. Part one, on surveillance, animal health risk‐based measures and …

Chronic wasting disease associated with prion protein gene (PRNP) variation in Norwegian wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

ME Güere, J Våge, H Tharaldsen, SL Benestad… - Prion, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of CWD in Europe in 2016 and the first natural infection in wild reindeer
warranted disease management. This led to the testing of 2424 hunted or culled reindeer …