Illinois wild white-tailed deer PRNP, importance of 95H and 96G substitutions for CWD

London, Evan; Mateus-Pinilla, Nohra

doi:10.13012/B2IDB-7607309_V1

Illinois wild white-tailed deer PRNP, importance of 95H and 96G substitutions for CWD

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London, Evan; Mateus-Pinilla, Nohra (2026): Illinois wild white-tailed deer PRNP, importance of 95H and 96G substitutions for CWD. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. https://doi.org/10.13012/B2IDB-7607309_V1

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Dataset Description	Sequences from the PRNP coding region of wild white-tailed deer along with chronic wasting disease status. Animals were harvested from 22 Northern Illinois counties between 2002 and 2022.
Subject	Life Sciences
Keywords	Cervid; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; wildlife epidemiology; deer; CWD management; CWD surveillance; Odocoileus virginianus
License	CC BY
Funder	Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project-Grant:W-146-R
Funder	Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Funder	Illinois Natural History Survey — Prairie Research Institute
Corresponding Creator	Evan London
Related Materials (1) Article London, E.W., Roca, A.L., Ishida, Y. et al. Odocoileus virginianus PRNP sequencing reveals AF (Q95G96/H95G96) advantage over AC (Q95G96/Q95S96) against chronic wasting disease. Vet Res 57, 84 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-026-01752-8