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ArticlePrion2021

Detection of two dissimilar chronic wasting disease isolates in two captive Rocky Mountain elk (

Tracy A Nichols, Eric M Nicholson, Yihui Liu, Wanyun Tao, Terry R Spraker, Michael Lavelle, Justin Fischer, Qingzhong Kong, Kurt C VerCauteren

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Article in Prion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chronic Wasting Disease: State of the Science.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Tracy A NicholsVeterinary Services Cervid Health Program, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Eric M NicholsonUs Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Yihui LiuDepartments of Pathology, Neurology, National Center for Regenerative Medicine, and National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Wanyun TaoDepartments of Pathology, Neurology, National Center for Regenerative Medicine, and National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Terry R SprakerPrion Research Center and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University Prion Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Michael LavelleWildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Justin FischerWildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Qingzhong KongDepartments of Pathology, Neurology, National Center for Regenerative Medicine, and National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Kurt C VerCauterenWildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · USCase Western Reserve University · USAgricultural Research Service · USColorado State University · USUnited States Department of Agriculture · US

Funding

Role of skin prions in disease transmission and diagnostic testing of human prion diseaseR01NS109532 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KONG, QINGZHONG · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
Cervid to human prion transmissionR01NS088604 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KONG, QINGZHONG · 2015 to 2018
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088604NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109532
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) continues to spread in both wild and captive cervid herds in North America and has now been identified in wild reindeer and moose in Norway, Finland and Sweden. There is limited knowledge about the variety and characteristics of isolates or strains of CWD that exist in the landscape and their implications on wild and captive cervid herds. In this study, we evaluated brain samples from two captive elk herds that had differing prevalence, history and timelines of CWD incidence. Site 1 had a 16-year history of CWD with a consistently low prevalence between 5% and 10%. Twelve of fourteen naïve animals placed on the site remained CWD negative after 5 years of residence. Site 2 herd had a nearly 40-year known history of CWD with long-term environmental accrual of prion leading to nearly 100% of naïve animals developing clinical CWD within two to 12 years. Obex samples of several elk from each site were compared for CWD prion strain deposition, genotype in prion protein gene codon 132, and conformational stability of CWD prions. CWD prions in the obex from site 2 had a lower conformational stability than those from site 1, which was independent of prnp genotype at codon 132. These findings suggest the existence of different CWD isolates between the two sites and suggest potential differential disease attack rates for different CWD strains.

Indexed as

DeerPrionsWasting Disease, ChronicAnimalsBrainPrion ProteinsPrion ProteinsPrionscervus canadensisCervus elaphuschronic wasting diseaseconformational stabilityCWDdisease prevalenceelkisolatesprionstrains

Identifiers

PMID34913829
PMCPMC8682864
OpenAlexW4200420263

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