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

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 …

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

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

Background Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a rapidly spreading prion disorder affecting
various species of wild and captive cervids. The risk that CWD poses to cohabiting animals …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are some of the most important health challenges
modern medicine and advanced societies face. Indeed, the number of patients affected by …

Prions can exist as different strains that consist of conformational variants of the misfolded,
pathogenic prion protein isoform PrPSc. Defined by stably transmissible biological and …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of cervids (deer, elk, moose, etc.). It
spreads readily from CWD-contaminated environments and among wild cervids. As of 2022 …

Abstract The European Commission requested an analysis of the Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD) monitoring programme in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia …