Winter, S. N., & Escobar, L. E. (2020). CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE MODELING: AN OVERVIEW. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.

Study Highlights:

Meta-analysis exploring analytical methods used on CWD data from peer-reviewed articles published from 1980 through 2018.

Studies focused primarily on regression and compartment model–based models, population-level approaches, and host species of game management concern.

CWD research focused on single populations, species, and locations, rather than community ecology and biogeographic approaches.

CWD detection relied on classic diagnostic methods with limited sensitivity.

Prions may not follow biologic rules of other pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi), and thus assumptions used when modeling other infectious disease may not apply for CWD.