"ZOMBIE DEER DISEASE" ALARMS EXPERTS
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A fatal infection is spreading in Canada that could soon infect humans
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The "zombie deer disease" has left the deer drooling, stumbling and with a blank stare
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Its real name is chronic wasting disease - a contagious neurological condition
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It is caused by misfolded proteins - when proteins do not fold into the correct shape - known as prions
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These prions travel throughout the central nervous system, leaving deposits in brain tissues and organs
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In Canada, the disease has been reported in farmed deer populations in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Quebec
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In US, a confirmed case was reported in Yellowstone national park - the country's first
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Health officials are concerned despite "no direct evidence" that the disease could make a leap to the humans
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But an expert said previous research on macaques suggests transmission of CWD between primates is possible
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