| risk behaviors in a rural community with a known point-source exposure to chronic wasting disease. | the emergence and continuing spread of chronic wasting disease (cwd) in cervids has now reached 14 u.s. states, two canadian provinces, and south korea, producing a potential for transmission of cwd prions to humans and other animals globally. in 2005, cwd spread for the first time from the midwest to more densely populated regions of the east coast. as a result, a large cohort of individuals attending a wild game feast in upstate new york were exposed to a deer that was subsequently confirmed p ... | 2008 | 18577220 |
| six-year follow-up of a point-source exposure to cwd contaminated venison in an upstate new york community: risk behaviours and health outcomes 2005-2011. | it is currently unknown whether chronic wasting disease (cwd), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids, is transmissible to humans. reported on here are the behavioural risk factors and health conditions associated with a six-year follow-up of a known point-source exposure to a cwd infected deer in an upstate new york community. | 2014 | 25225155 |