In Vitro detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) prions in semen and reproductive tissues of white tailed deer bucks (Odocoileus virginianus)

• Carlos Kramm,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America, Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Medicina, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

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• Ruben Gomez-Gutierrez,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-4375

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• Claudio Soto,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Glenn Telling,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Tracy Nichols,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Services, APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Rodrigo Morales

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Rodrigo.MoralesLoyola@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America, CIBQA, Universidad Bernardo OHiggins. Santiago, Chile

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-5770

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