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Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]
Also known as chronic wasting disease, "zombie deer disease" is a prion disease, a rare, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects deer, elk, moose and other animals, the CDC says.
TSEs in non-human mammals include scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle – popularly known as "mad cow disease" – and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk. The variant form of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans is caused by exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions. [4] [5] [6]
What type of pathogen causes chronic wasting disease? Chronic wasting disease is caused by infectious proteins called prions. All diseases caused by infectious proteins are called prion diseases.
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Oct. 2—Two more deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in the Idaho Panhandle, but wildlife officials are hopeful they've caught the outbreak in time to limit its spread. The ...
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Aug. 1—Washington has its first case of chronic wasting disease. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that it confirmed the state's first case of the always-fatal ...