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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2017· item PMID:28820384

Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Strain Emergence and Host Range Expansion. Human and mouse prion proteins share a structural motif that regulates resistance to common chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion strains. Successful transmission of an emergent strain of CWD prion, H95+, into mice resulted in infection. Thus, emergent CWD prion strains may have higher zoonotic potential than common strains.