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Wasting Disease, Chronic

Known as: Chronic wasting disease, Wasting Disease, Chronic [Disease/Finding] 
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to… (More)

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Infectious prions in the saliva and blood of deer with chronic wasting disease.
A critical concern in the transmission of prion diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids, is the potential… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Prions in skeletal muscles of deer with chronic wasting disease.
The emergence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk in an increasingly wide geographic area, as well as the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Chronic wasting disease of elk: transmissibility to humans examined by transgenic mouse models.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a prion disease affecting free-ranging and captive cervids (deer and elk), is widespread in the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a unique transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Measuring prions causing bovine spongiform encephalopathy or chronic wasting disease by immunoassays and transgenic mice
There is increasing concern over the extent to which bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions have been transmitted to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Evidence of a molecular barrier limiting susceptibility of humans, cattle and sheep to chronic wasting disease.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of deer and elk, and little is known about its… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Oral transmission and early lymphoid tropism of chronic wasting disease PrPres in mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus).
Mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus) were inoculated orally with a brain homogenate prepared from mule deer with naturally… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
PrP genotypes of captive and free-ranging Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with chronic wasting disease.
The PrP gene encodes the putative causative agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), a heterogeneous group… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in captive Rocky Mountain elk.
Between June 1986 and May 1997, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was the only natural cause of adult mortality among captive Rocky… (More)
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Chronic wasting disease of captive mule deer: a spongiform encephalopathy.
In the past 12 years (1967-79) a syndrome we identify as chronic wasting disease has been observed in 53 mule deer (Odocoileus… (More)
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