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Published online 4 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030901-5
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Chronic wasting disease spreads with ease
Decades of culling and containment may be needed.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is more infectious than was previously thought, say US researchers. The finding suggests that tough long-term measures are needed to contain the disease, perhaps involving the deaths of thousands of North American deer.
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