Prion shedding is reduced by chronic wasting disease vaccination
Hanaa Ahmed-Hassan, Dalia Abdelaziz, Yo-Ching Cheng, Kevin Low, Shirley Phan, Byron Kruger, Chimoné S. Dalton, Lech Kaczmarczyk, Walker S. Jackson, Sabine Gilch, Hermann M. Schätzl
This study shows that vaccination reduces prion shedding in feces and urine of CWD-infected mice, potentially breaking the transmission cycle.
PLoS Pathogens · Apr 24, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience