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Prions' Travels—Feces and Transmission of Prion Diseases

Author(s) -

Patrick J. Bosque,

Kenneth L. Tyler

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/588194

Subject(s) - scrapie , feces , herd , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , virology , disease , prion protein , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering

ease (CWD) in cervids and scrapie in sheep are laterally transmitted with high efficiency. In wild populations of deer, 15% of animals may be infected, and, in captive herds, rates of infection can approach 100% [2]. Neither how prion disease spreads easily through herds of sheep or deer nor, conversely, why prion disease fails to spread through herds of cattle or human populations is known. One explanation for variations in the ep

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