{"id":151094,"date":"2023-12-24T09:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=151094"},"modified":"2023-12-23T16:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:40:51","slug":"zombie-deer-disease-jumping-to-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=151094","title":{"rendered":"Zombie deer disease jumping to humans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A deer carcass tested positive for prion disease. This is a fatal brain decease that impacts deer, elk, reindeer, and moose. The disease works the nervous system, causing drooling, lethargy, and other symptoms that lend the disease to being called “zombie deer disease.” Despite there no being cases of this disease jumping to humans, some scientists are raising concern over this possibility.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Epidemiologists say the absence of a “spillover” case yet does not mean it will not happen. CWD is one of a cluster of fatal neurological disorders that includes Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as “mad cow disease.”<\/p>\n

“The BSE outbreak in Britain provided an example of how, overnight, things can get crazy when a spillover event happens from, say, livestock to people,” Dr. Cory Anderson told The Guardian. Anderson is a program co-director at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).<\/p>\n

“We’re talking about the potential of something similar occurring. No one is saying that it’s definitely going to happen, but it’s important for people to be prepared,” Anderson added.<\/p>\n

He added that what’s also worrying is that there is no known way to effectively and easily eradicate it, “neither from the animals it infects nor the environment it contaminates.”<\/p>\n

Anderson said that once an environment is infected, the pathogen is extremely hard to eradicate. It can persist for years in dirt or on surfaces, and scientists report it is resistant to disinfectants, formaldehyde, radiation and incineration at 1,100 F, according to The Guardian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional details<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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