 Wasting Disease, Chronic
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A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS).
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D034081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.228.800.858 C10.574.843.925 C22.955
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wasting Disease, Chronic" by people in Profiles.
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Cole J, McNulty EE, Nalls AV, Denkers ND, Mason GL, Mathiason CK. Cellular PrPCWD deposition identified at the maternal-foetal interface of chronic wasting disease-infected cervids. J Gen Virol. 2026 Sep; 107(9).
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Thackray AM, McNulty EE, Nalls AV, Jorge MH, Chamberlain MJ, Ruder MG, Mathiason CK, Bujdoso R. Successful bioassay of blood from chronic wasting disease-affected cervids in cervid PrP transgenic Drosophila. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2026 Jul 15; 14(1).
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Trujillo DJ, Nalls AV, McNulty EE, Denkers ND, Scherner SK, Sandoval AM, Olmsted Z, Barton EP, Cleveland CA, Stilwell N, Crum JM, Grove DM, Dennison JS, Ballard JR, Ruder MG, Mathiason CK. CWD prions are present in the blood of healthy-appearing, naturally infected free-ranging white-tailed deer. Sci Rep. 2026 06 19; 16(1).
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Williams K, Baune C, Shoup D, Thomas T, Striebel JF, Priola SA, Griffin KA, Miller MW, Barbian K, Wagner K, Zabel MD, Race B. Historical and contemporary chronic wasting disease prions from the western United States demonstrate similar strain properties. J Gen Virol. 2026 Jun; 107(6).
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Sandoval AM, Nalls AV, McNulty EE, Denkers ND, Trujillo DJ, Olmsted Z, Barton E, Ballard JR, Grove DM, Dennison JS, Stilwell N, Cleveland CA, Crum JM, Ruder MG, Mathiason CK. Vertical transmission of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer populations. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 05; 15(1):28553.
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Kraft CN, Bissinger DW, McNulty EE, Denkers ND, Mathiason CK. Enhanced detection of chronic wasting disease in muscle tissue harvested from infected white-tailed deer employing combined prion amplification assays. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0309918.
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Dugovich BS, Barton EP, Crum JM, Keel MK, Stallknecht DE, Ruder MG. Demographic Risk Factors Vary in the Invasion Front of Chronic Wasting Disease in West Virginia, USA. J Wildl Dis. 2024 10 01; 60(4):839-849.
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Denkers ND, McNulty EE, Kraft CN, Nalls AV, Westrich JA, Hoover EA, Mathiason CK. Temporal Characterization of Prion Shedding in Secreta of White-Tailed Deer in Longitudinal Study of Chronic Wasting Disease, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Oct; 30(10):2118-2127.
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Kincaid AE, Denkers ND, McNulty EE, Kraft CN, Bartz JC, Mathiason CK. Expression of the cellular prion protein by mast cells in white-tailed deer carotid body, cervical lymph nodes and ganglia. Prion. 2024 12; 18(1):94-102.
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Thackray AM, McNulty EE, Nalls AV, Smith A, Comoy E, Telling G, Benestad SL, Andréoletti O, Mathiason CK, Bujdoso R. Lack of prion transmission barrier in human PrP transgenic Drosophila. J Biol Chem. 2024 09; 300(9):107617.
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