Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA

Rebeca Benavente; Fraser Brydon; Francisca Bravo-Risi; Paulina Soto; J Hunter Reed; Mitch Lockwood; Glenn Telling; Marcelo A Barria; Rodrigo Morales

doi:10.3201/eid3102.240906

Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA

Rebeca Benavente, Fraser Brydon, Francisca Bravo-Risi, Paulina Soto, J Hunter Reed, Mitch Lockwood, Glenn Telling, Marcelo A Barria, Rodrigo Morales^*

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Abstract

We describe chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in raw and cooked meat from a CWD-positive elk. We found limited zoonotic potential in CWD prions from those meat products. Nonetheless, risk for transmission to humans is still unclear, and monitoring of circulating and emerging CWD prion strains for zoonotic potential is warranted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	363-367
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3102.240906
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2025

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Wasting Disease, Chronic/diagnosis
Deer
Animals
Prions
Meat/analysis
Texas/epidemiology
Cooking
Humans
Zoonoses

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