The cumulative impact of human activities has driven many species into severe declines
across the globe. However, the recent focus on conservation optimism has begun to …

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

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that
affects members of the cervidae family. The infectious agent is a misfolded isoform (PrPSC) …

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) …

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 …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion-related transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
of cervids, including deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. CWD has been confirmed in …

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 …

The spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the last six decades has resulted in
cervid populations of North America where CWD has become enzootic. This insidious …

Prion, or PrPSc, is the pathological isoform of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) and it is the
etiological agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) affecting humans and …