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. 2017 Dec 8;7:17241. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17090-x

Table 1.

Summary of the results obtained in a blind study of detection of CWD prions in blood samples from white-tailed deer at various stages of CWD.

CWD status Total number of animals PMCA positive1 % Correct diagnosis
Symptomatic (B + LN + ) 5 5 100%
Asymptomatic (B + LN + ) 49 47 97%
Asymptomatic (B- LN + ) 34 18 53%
Negative (B- LN-) 10 0 100%

1Samples were declared as positive in PMCA if at least one of the replicates gave a protease-resistant PrPSc signal in any of the PMCA rounds analyzed.