Scientists find blood, saliva can be common channels for infection between an

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Ticks, Prion Diseases and Infected Meat.

 

Jeremy P. Meyer writes in the Denver Post: " Scientists find blood,

saliva can be common channels for infection between animals; human

handlers cautioned. Chronic wasting disease passes between animals

through saliva and blood - most likely when they nuzzle or groom one

another - according to results of a Colorado State University-led

study published Thursday in the journal Science. The CSU research

indicates blood-sucking insects, such as mosquitoes and ticks, could

carry the disease. " " The study suggests we were looking at the

wrong end of the animal, " said John Pape, a Colorado health

department epidemiologist, " It also confirms that people who come in

contact with animals' blood must be careful. "

 

One Click takes great pleasure in publishing today the full text of

the paper in Science upon which this article was based entitled:

Infectious Prions in the Saliva and Blood of Deer with Chronic

Wasting Disease; Mathiason CK et al, Science, Vol 314, 6 October

2006.

 

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