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Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Perspective

Chronic Wasting Disease and Potential Transmission to Humans

Ermias D. Belay*Comments to Author , Ryan A. Maddox*, Elizabeth S. Williams†, Michael W. Miller‡, Pierluigi Gambetti§, and Lawrence B. Schonberger*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA; ‡Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; §Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Table 1

Deer tissues tested for the CWD agent by animal bioassay or immunohistochemical studiesa

Tissues positive for CWD agent
Brain
Pituitary gland
Spinal cord
Eyes (optic nerve, ganglion cells, retina)
Tonsils
Lymphoid tissues (e.g., gut-associated, retropharyngeal, posterior nasal septum)
Spleen
Pancreas
Peripheral nerves (e.g., brachial plexus, sciatic nerve, vagosympathetic trunk)
Tissues negative for CWD agent
Dorsal root ganglia
Parotid and mandibular salivary glands, tongue, esophagus, small intestine, colon
Thymus
Liver
Kidneys, urinary bladder, ovary, uterus, testis, epididymis, placentomes
Myocardium, Purkinje fibers, arteries, veins
Trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, aleveolar parenchyma
Bone marrow
Thyroid gland, adrenal gland
Skeletal muscle
Skin

aCWD, chronic wasting disease.

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