Table 2 Condensed data from CWD−positive, female white−tailed deer, showing prion seeding activity in their pregnancy microenvironment and/or fetal tissues based on RT−QuIC. CWD status is based on one or more tissue samples testing positive by RT−QuIC or IHC, as shown in Table 1. Results from deer that tested negative by RT−QuIC in their pregnancy microenvironment and fetal tissues are available in supplementary data (upon request). Data are separated by location (state) of sample collection, including Georgia (GA), blue; Arkansas (AR), yellow; Tennessee (TN), orange; West Virginia (WV), red. Abbreviations as follows: (Ut)erus, (Pl)acentome, (A)mniotic (F)luid, (Th)ymus, (Br)ain, (Li)ver, & (Sp)leen. Placentome data shown as #pos/total placentomes. Gestational age estimated by Hamilton equation. NA, not applicable – data point not collected during necropsy. Genotype representative of Prnp 96. * 7−10B fetus was QH heterozygous at codon 95, all other fetuses, except heterozygous 5−9B (not shown), were QQ at the same position.

From: Vertical transmission of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer populations