Chronic wasting disease and potential transmission to humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 977-984

  Belay, Ermias D ^a   Maddox, Ryan A ^a   Williams, Elizabeth S ^b   Miller, Michael W ^c   Gambetti, Pierluigi ^d   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542629820     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.031082     Document Type: Review

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