Is There a Breach in the Barrier Protecting Humans from Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease?

Dean E Pearson^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, USA dean.pearson@usda.gov.
² Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula Montana, USA.

Comment

Dean E Pearson. mBio. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 1;11(5):e01971-20.

doi: 10.1128/mBio.01971-20.

Dean E Pearson^{1

2}

¹ Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, USA dean.pearson@usda.gov.
² Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula Montana, USA.

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Chronic Wasting Disease in Cervids: Implications for Prion Transmission to Humans and Other Animal Species.
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