| Literature DB >> 23175370 |
Nathaniel D Denkers1, Jeanette Hayes-Klug, Kelly R Anderson, Davis M Seelig, Nicholas J Haley, Sallie J Dahmes, David A Osborn, Karl V Miller, Robert J Warren, Candace K Mathiason, Edward A Hoover.
Abstract
While the facile transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) remains incompletely elucidated, studies in rodents suggest that exposure of the respiratory mucosa may be an efficient pathway. The present study was designed to address this question in the native cervid host. Here, we demonstrate aerosol transmission of CWD to deer with a prion dose >20-fold lower than that used in previous oral inoculations. Inhalation of prions may facilitate transmission of CWD and, perhaps, other prion infections.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23175370 PMCID: PMC3554158 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02852-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103