Detection of CWD in cervids by RT-QuIC assay of third eyelids.

The diagnosis of chronic wasting disease (CWD) relies on demonstration of the disease-associated misfolded CWD prion protein (PrPCWD) in brain or retropharyngeal lymph node tissue by immunodetection methods, e.g. ELISA and immunohistochemistry (IHC). The success of these methods relies on a quality...

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Main Authors: Sarah K Cooper, Clare E Hoover, Davin M Henderson, Nicholas J Haley, Candace K Mathiason, Edward A Hoover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0221654&type=printable
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