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.
Two of your citations assert that chronic wasting disease is a prion disease without further explanation. It was my understanding that no one had isolated a Prp in CWD animals as yet.
44 posted on 04/18/2002 6:01:29 PM PDT by spqrzilla9