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ArticleScientific reports2023

Ticks harbor and excrete chronic wasting disease prions.

H N Inzalaco, F Bravo-Risi, R Morales, D P Walsh, D J Storm, J A Pedersen, W C Turner, S S Lichtenberg

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

H N InzalacoWisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA. inzalaco@wisc.edu.
F Bravo-RisiDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
R MoralesDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
D P WalshU.S. Geological Survey, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
D J StormWisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Eau Claire, WI, USA.
J A PedersenEnvironmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
W C TurnerWisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
S S LichtenbergDepartment of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USJohns Hopkins University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUnited States Geological Survey · USUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins · CLWisconsin Department of Natural Resources · US

Funding

Shedding, retention and spreading of chronic wasting disease prions in the environmentR01AI132695 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Rodrigo Morales · 2017 to 2026
$4.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI132695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by infectious prions (PrP

Indexed as

DeerIxodesNeurodegenerative DiseasesPrionsWasting Disease, ChronicAnimalsPrions

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PMID37188858
PMCPMC10185559
OpenAlexW4376643250

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