Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders with known natural occurrence in
humans and a few other mammalian species. The diseases are experimentally …

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-focused attention on mechanisms that lead to zoonotic
disease spillover and spread. Commercial wildlife trade, and associated markets, are …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relentless epidemic disorder caused by infectious
prions that threatens the survival of cervid populations and raises increasing public health …

Prions are infectious proteins causing fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative diseases of
animals and humans. Replication involves template-directed refolding of host encoded prion …

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 (CWD) is a prion disease found in both free-ranging and farmed
cervids. Susceptibility of these animals to CWD is governed by various exogenous and …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or prion
disease affecting cervids. In 2016, the first cases of CWD were reported in Europe in …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) strains present a novel challenge to defining and mitigating
this contagious prion disease of deer, elk, moose, and reindeer. Similar to strains of other …

To date, chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the most infectious form of prion disease affecting
several captive, free ranging and wild cervid species. Responsible for marked population …

Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and
ruminant species consumed by humans. Ruminant prion diseases include bovine …