Vuong Tram T, Cazzaniga Federico A, Tran Linh, Våge Jørn, Di Bari Michele, Pirisinu Laura, D'Agostino Claudia, Nonno Romolo, Moda Fabio, Benestad Sylvie L
Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Feb;31(2):246-255. doi: 10.3201/eid3102.240903.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging prion disease in Nordic countries and has been detected in reindeer, moose, and red deer since 2016. CWD sporadically detected in moose and red deer in 3 Nordic countries demonstrated pathologic and strain characteristics different from CWD in reindeer, including an unexpected lack of prions outside the central nervous system as measured by standard diagnostic tests. Using protein misfolding cyclic amplification, we detected prions in the lymphoreticular system of moose and red deer with CWD in Norway and, remarkably, in muscles of both of those species and in CWD-infected reindeer. One moose lymph node and 1 moose muscle sample showed infectivity when experimentally transmitted to bank voles. Our findings highlight the systemic nature of CWD strains in Europe and raise questions regarding the risk of human exposure through edible tissues.
慢性消耗病(CWD)是北欧国家出现的一种朊病毒疾病,自2016年以来已在驯鹿、驼鹿和马鹿中被检测到。在3个北欧国家的驼鹿和马鹿中偶尔检测到的CWD表现出与驯鹿CWD不同的病理和毒株特征,包括通过标准诊断测试测量发现中枢神经系统外意外缺乏朊病毒。使用蛋白质错误折叠循环扩增技术,我们在挪威患有CWD的驼鹿和马鹿的淋巴网状系统中检测到了朊病毒,而且值得注意的是,在这两个物种的肌肉以及感染CWD的驯鹿的肌肉中也检测到了朊病毒。当将一个驼鹿淋巴结和一个驼鹿肌肉样本实验性传播给小林姬鼠时,显示出了传染性。我们的研究结果突出了欧洲CWD毒株的系统性本质,并引发了关于通过可食用组织接触人类的风险的问题。