Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease Identifies a Prion Strain Causing Cachexia and Heart Infection in Hamsters

• Richard A. Bessen ,

  * E-mail: rbessen@montana.edu

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Cameron J. Robinson,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Davis M. Seelig,

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

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• Christopher P. Watschke,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Diana Lowe,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Harold Shearin,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Scott Martinka,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Alex M. Babcock

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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