Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2025 Feb 21

PMID 39983676

Authors

Rebeca Benavente

Fraser Brydon

Francisca Bravo-Risi

Paulina Soto

J Hunter Reed

Mitch Lockwood

Glenn Telling

Marcelo A Barria

Rodrigo Morales

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Abstract

We describe chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in raw and cooked meat from a CWD-positive elk. We found limited zoonotic potential in CWD prions from those meat products. Nonetheless, risk for transmission to humans is still unclear, and monitoring of circulating and emerging CWD prion strains for zoonotic potential is warranted.

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