Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, fatal and transmissible
neurodegenerative disease associated with the accumulation of misfolded prion protein in …

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

The diagnosis and treatment of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson disease and dementia
with Lewy bodies would be aided by the availability of assays for the pathogenic disease …

Prions cause infectious and fatal neurodegenerative diseases in mammals. Chronic wasting
disease (CWD), a prion disease of cervids, spreads efficiently among wild and farmed …

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 fatal prion disease of wild and captive cervids in North
America. Prions are infectious agents composed of a misfolded version of a host-encoded …

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 …

In coping with prion diseases, it is important to have tests that are practical enough for
routine applications in medicine, agriculture, wildlife biology, and research, yet sensitive …

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

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relatively new and burgeoning prion epidemic of deer,
elk, reindeer, and moose, which are members of the cervid family. While the disease was …