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. 2019 Dec 9;9:18595. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55078-x

Table 1.

Summary of RT-QuIC substrates (PrP) used to analyze different tissues of CWD affected cervid species.

Species Prion Tissue analyzed Substrate Year References
Deer CWD Brain Deer PrP (24–234) 2010 130
Deer CWD Brain, urine and feces Deer PrP (24–234) 2013 80
Deer CWD Saliva Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2013 79
Deer CWD Blood Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2013 77
Deer CWD CSF Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2013 71
Deer CWD Retropharyngeal lymph node Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2014 131
Deer CWD Brain, saliva Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2015 132

Deer

Elk

CWD Brain Bank vole (23–230) 2015 100
Deer CWD Saliva, urine Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2015 78
Deer CWD Brain Deer PrP (23–231) 2015 124
Deer CWD RAMALT, nasal brush Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2016 75
Elk CWD RAMALT, nasal brush Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2016 76
Deer CWD Feces Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2016 69
Deer CWD Brain, lymphoid tissues Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 133
Deer CWD Ovary tissue, uterine tissue, placentome, amniotic and allantoic fluids Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 134
Deer CWD Brain Deer PrP (24–234) 2017 135
Deer CWD Gastrointestinal tissues (e.g. omasum, abomasum, colon, cecum) and lymphoid tissues (e.g. spleen, tonsils) Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 136
Elk CWD Feces Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 82
Elk CWD RAMALT Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 137
Deer CWD Saliva Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2017 138

Deer

Elk

CWD RAMALT White-tailed deer PrP (25–232) 2017 139
Mule deer PrP (25–232)
Fallow deer PrP (25–232)
Elk PrP (25–232)
Reindeer PrP (25–232)
Elk CWD Blood, rectal biopsy Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2018 140

Deer

Elk

CWD Retropharyngeal lymph node, brain Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2018 60
Deer CWD Saliva Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2018 70
Elk CWD Brain Elk PrP (23–231) 2018 141
Elk CWD Brain Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2019 4
Deer CWD Brain Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2019 142
Deer CWD Brain, eyelids Syrian hamster PrP (90–231) 2019 143