Inter- and intra-species conversion efficacies of Norwegian prion isolates estimated by serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification
Abstract Prion diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, are fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by the misfolding of cellular prion proteins.CWD is known to spread among captive and free-ranging deer in North America.In 2016, an outbreak of contagious CWD was detected among wild reindeer in Norway, marking the first occurr