Enhanced detection of chronic wasting disease in muscle tissue harvested from infected white-tailed deer employing combined prion amplification assays

• Caitlyn N. Kraft,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-4947

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• David W. Bissinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Erin E. McNulty,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-6207

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• Nathaniel D. Denkers,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Candace K. Mathiason

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Candace.Mathiason@colostate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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