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Prion forensics: a multidisciplinary approach to investigate CWD at an illegal deer carcass disposal site.

Marc D Schwabenlander, Jason C Bartz, Michelle Carstensen, Alberto Fameli, Linda Glaser, Roxanne J Larsen, Manci Li, Rachel L Shoemaker, Gage Rowden, Suzanne Stone and 3 more

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Article in Prion, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Genomic Investigation of Bacterial Co-Infection in Southern Pudu (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  6. Prion Partitioning and Persistence in Environmental Waters.Environmental science & technology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Marc D SchwabenlanderDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Jason C BartzMinnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Michelle CarstensenDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
Alberto FameliMinnesota Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Health Program, Forest Lake, MN, USA.
Linda GlaserPennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Roxanne J LarsenDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Manci LiDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Rachel L ShoemakerDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Gage RowdenDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Suzanne StoneDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
W David WalterMinnesota Board of Animal Health, Farmed Cervidae Program, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Tiffany M WolfU.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Peter A LarsenDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Minnesota System · USCreighton University · USMinnesota Department of Natural Resources · USPennsylvania State University · USRwanda Agriculture Board · RW

Funding

Zoonotic potential of CWD and influence of environmental contamination on prion propagationP01AI077774 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI CLAUDIO SOTO · 2008 to 2026
$36.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI077774
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious prions are resistant to degradation and remain infectious in the environment for several years. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in cervids inhabiting North America, the Nordic countries, and South Korea. CWD-prion spread is partially attributed to carcass transport and disposal. We employed a forensic approach to investigate an illegal carcass dump site connected with a CWD-positive herd. We integrated anatomic, genetic, and prion amplification methods to discover CWD-positive remains from six white-tailed deer (

Indexed as

DeerPrionsWasting Disease, ChronicAnimalsMicrosatellite RepeatsPrionsCervidchronic wasting diseaseecologyenvironmentgeneticstransmission

Identifiers

PMID38676289
PMCPMC11057675
OpenAlexW4395694915

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Registered trials

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