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--“This is the first time in my experience that a multidisciplinary and truly One Health approach has been taken towards this disease, and the first time we've begun to consider 'the day after'—what wildlife managers, agricultural experts, and human health professionals would be up against if spillover occurred.”-- Russ Mason, PhD

 

 

“ ... Brian Appleby, MD, director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and co-chair of the CIDRAP CWD human medicine and public health working group, said, "Although basic science research suggests that there is a low likelihood of the disease transmitting to humans, this may change over time due to variations in chronic wasting disease strains as it continues to spread, as well as the possibility of it infecting other animals in which transmission to humans may be more likely."

The next step is to take this report to agencies tasked with CWD surveillance and response.

Report creation was led by CIDRAP Director Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, and CWD Project Co-directors Jamie Umber, DVM, MPH, and Cory Anderson, PhD, MPH.

SEE: CIDRAP report highlights gaps, offers guidance for possible CWD spillover into people, other species | CIDRAP

  https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wasting-disease/cidrap-report-highlights-gaps-offers-guidance-possible-cwd-spillover-people