Infectious Prions in Pre-Clinical Deer and Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease Solely by Environmental Exposure

• Candace K. Mathiason,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Sheila A. Hays,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jenny Powers,

  Affiliation National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jeanette Hayes-Klug,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Julia Langenberg,

  Affiliation Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Sallie J. Dahmes,

  Affiliation WASCO Inc., Monroe, Georgia, United States of America

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• David A. Osborn,

  Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Karl V. Miller,

  Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Robert J. Warren,

  Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gary L. Mason,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Edward A. Hoover

  * E-mail: Edward.Hoover@ColoState.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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