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ArticlemBio2019

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

Michael T Osterholm, Cory J Anderson, Mark D Zabel, Joni M Scheftel, Kristine A Moore, Brian S Appleby

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Article in mBio, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Adaptation of the protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) technique for the screening of anti-prion compounds.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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  6. Chronic Wasting Disease: State of the Science.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. Generation of human chronic wasting disease in transgenic mice.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michael T OsterholmCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA mto@umn.edu.
Cory J AndersonCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Mark D ZabelPrion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Joni M ScheftelMinnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Kristine A MooreCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Brian S ApplebyNational Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
University of Minnesota · USCase Western Reserve University · USColorado State University · USMinnesota Department of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion-related transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids, including deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. CWD has been confirmed in at least 26 U.S. states, three Canadian provinces, South Korea, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with a notable increase in the past 5 years. The continued geographic spread of this disease increases the frequency of exposure to CWD prions among cervids, humans, and other animal species. Since CWD is now an established wildlife disease in North America, proactive steps, where possible, should be taken to limit transmission of CWD among animals and reduce the potential for human exposure.

Indexed as

DeerPublic HealthAnimalsHumansIncidenceNorth AmericaPrionsWasting Disease, ChronicPrionschronic wasting diseaseinfectious diseaseprion diseaseprionspublic health

Identifiers

PMID31337719
PMCPMC6650550
OpenAlexW2962736925

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