Old nodes, new tricks: optimized methods for chronic wasting disease prion detection in preserved retropharyngeal lymph nodes
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Published online on May 21, 2026
Abstract
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a highly transmissible, global prion disease of captive and wild cervids. The approved tests for the detection of the infectious CWD prion (PrPCWD) are ELISA and immunohistochemistry (IHC), but both have limitations and ...
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a highly transmissible, global prion disease of captive and wild cervids. The approved tests for the detection of the infectious CWD prion (PrPCWD) are ELISA and immunohistochemistry (IHC), but both have limitations and ...