The findings don’t confirm that the fatal disease is a threat to people but do offer important clues to what infection might look like in humans.
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The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting disease.
Whole animal carcasses cannot leave or be transported outside of certain county lines.
The cases were detected in white-tailed deer in the Panhandle Region of northern Idaho.
Of 142 deer farms and hunting ranches in Wisconsin, a third have been hit with CWD since 2001.
Direct prion transmission likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at socially attractive sites such as scrapes, the authors say.
All cases were from the western part of the state, including 2 from previously unaffected hunting units 3B2 and 3B3, both in the western-central region.
West Virginia detected cases within 10 miles of the county border, triggering the addition, officials said.
The state DNR said that 89% of the positive cases were found in the Southern Farmland Zone.
The newly identified deer, a 4.5-year-old white-tailed buck, was harvested by a landowner helping the DNR with ongoing sampling.
Counties reporting their first CWD cases are Audrain, Callaway, Lewis, Marion, Miller, Morgan, and Texas, all of which abut CWD-positive areas.
