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Detection of protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area.

Detection of CWD prions in urine and saliva of deer by transgenic mouse bioassay.

Antemortem detection of PrPCWD in preclinical, ranch-raised Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by biopsy of the rectal mucosa.

Cryptic peptides of the kringle domains preferentially bind to disease-associated prion protein.

Polymorphisms at the PRNP gene influence susceptibility to chronic wasting disease in two species of deer (Odocoileus Spp.) in western Canada.

Wasting and neurologic signs in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) not associated with abnormal prion protein.

Chronic wasting disease in a Wisconsin white-tailed deer farm.

PrP genotypes of free-ranging wapiti (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with chronic wasting disease.

Experimental Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the Ferret

Experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) of elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) to white-tailed deer by intracerebral route.

Prion interference with multiple prion isolates.

A species barrier limits transmission of chronic wasting disease to mink (Mustela vison).

Landscape genetics and the spatial distribution of chronic wasting disease.

The elk PRNP codon 132 polymorphism controls cervid and scrapie prion propagation.

Preliminary observations on the experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from elk and white-tailed deer to fallow deer.

Prion sequence polymorphisms and chronic wasting disease resistance in Illinois white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

Risk behaviors in a rural community with a known point-source exposure to chronic wasting disease.

Accelerated high fidelity prion amplification within and across prion species barriers.

Infectious disease in cervids of North America: data, models, and management challenges.

A prion disease of cervids: chronic wasting disease.