Identification of circulating microRNA signatures as potential biomarkers in the serum of elk infected with chronic wasting disease

Abstract Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging infectious prion disorder that is spreading rapidly in wild populations of cervids in North America. The risk of zoonotic transmission of CWD is as yet unclear but a high priority must be to minimize further spread of the disease. No simple diagn...

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Main Authors: Jessy A. Slota, Sarah J. Medina, Megan Klassen, Damian Gorski, Christine M. Mesa, Catherine Robertson, Gordon Mitchell, Michael B. Coulthart, Sandra Pritzkow, Claudio Soto, Stephanie A. Booth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56249-6