Yes
I have not seen any reference that the cause of chronic wasting disease had even been identified yet. If you have any, I'd appreciate citations. Nor have there been any reliable reports of transmission to humans to my knowledge.
Mostly it's anectdotal. Rev. 911 asked if it was similar to Mad Cow and CJD and it is.
There are three main theories on the nature of the agent that causes CWD: (1) the agent is a prion; (2) the agent is an unconventional virus; (3) the agent is a virino, or "incomplete" virus composed of nucleic acid protected by host proteins.
Many scientist are leading towards prion because of the similarities. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably . . .
Not transmission to humans to date, but people are still being warned to be careful.