"Wasting Disease, Chronic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS).
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D034081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.228.800.858 C10.574.843.925 C22.955
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wasting Disease, Chronic" by people in Profiles.
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Equine hepacivirus persistent infection in a horse with chronic wasting. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2017 Oct; 64(5):1354-1358.
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States--an epidemiologist's view. N Engl J Med. 2004 Feb 05; 350(6):539-42.