Chronic wasting disease: Emerging prions and their potential risk

Samia Hannaoui; Hermann M Schatzl; Sabine Gilch

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006619

Chronic wasting disease: Emerging prions and their potential risk

PLoS Pathog. 2017 Nov 2;13(11):e1006619. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006619. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Authors

Samia Hannaoui^{1

2}, Hermann M Schatzl^{2

3}, Sabine Gilch^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
² Calgary Prion Research Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
³ Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Deer
Humans
Prions / pathogenicity*
Wasting Disease, Chronic / transmission*
Zoonoses / etiology

Substances

Prions

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the Alberta Prion Research Institute (APRI) and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (201600013, 201300027) and was performed within the framework of the Calgary Prion Research Unit (CPRU; APRI grant 201600010). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.