Can CWD be transmitted to Humans?
When all available information pertaining to CWD was presented to the World Health Organization experts it was concluded that there is no sustainable scientific evidence that supports the fact that CWD can infect humans. Although CWD is similar to the human TSE disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the two diseases have not been linked in the way that the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in people has been linked to consumption of products from cattle with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease commonly called “Mad Cow Disease”.
