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ArticlePloS one2019

Estimating relative CWD susceptibility and disease progression in farmed white-tailed deer with rare PRNP alleles.

Nicholas J Haley, Kahla Merrett, Amy Buros Stein, Dennis Simpson, Andrew Carlson, Gordon Mitchell, Antanas Staskevicius, Tracy Nichols, Aaron D Lehmkuhl, Bruce V Thomsen

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicholas J HaleyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.ORCID 0000-0003-0502-7862
Kahla MerrettDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.
Amy Buros SteinOffice of Research and Sponsored Programs, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.
Dennis SimpsonSimpson Whitetails Genetic Testing, Belleville, Michigan.
Andrew CarlsonSimpson Whitetails Genetic Testing, Belleville, Michigan.
Gordon MitchellNational and OIE Reference Laboratory for Scrapie and CWD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory-Fallowfield, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Antanas StaskeviciusNational and OIE Reference Laboratory for Scrapie and CWD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory-Fallowfield, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Tracy NicholsUnited States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Veterinary Services, Cervid Health Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
Aaron D LehmkuhlUnited States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Veterinary Services, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
Bruce V ThomsenUnited States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Veterinary Services, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · USMidwestern University · USCanadian Food Inspection Agency · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease affecting both free-ranging and farmed cervids in North America and Scandinavia. A range of cervid species have been found to be susceptible, each with variations in the gene for the normal prion protein, PRNP, reportedly influencing both disease susceptibility and progression in the respective hosts. Despite the finding of several different PRNP alleles in white-tailed deer, the majority of past research has focused on two of the more common alleles identified-the 96G and 96S alleles. In the present study, we evaluate both infection status and disease stage in nearly 2100 farmed deer depopulated in the United States and Canada, including 714 CWD-positive deer and correlate our findings with PRNP genotype, including the more rare 95H, 116G, and 226K alleles. We found significant differences in either likelihood of being found infected or disease stage (and in many cases both) at the time of depopulation in all genotypes present, relative to the most common 96GG genotype. Despite high prevalence in many of the herds examined, infection was not found in several of the reported genotypes. These findings suggest that additional research is necessary to more properly define the role that these genotypes may play in managing CWD in both farmed and free-ranging white-tailed deer, with consideration for factors including relative fitness levels, incubation periods, and the kinetics of shedding in animals with these rare genotypes.

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AllelesDisease ProgressionAnimalsDeerGenetic Predisposition to DiseasePrion ProteinsWasting Disease, ChronicPrion Proteins

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PMID31790424
PMCPMC6886763
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