When she was 23, a lab worker pricked her thumb in an experiment with prion-infected mice. She died 10 years later

Not being anywhere near Canada but a prion researcher, I wonder if anyone can give me more specific information about these cases. I have only read about them in the news and from what I have read I cannot figure out how they could be related to prion infection from deer (i.e. CWD). Surely, not all of these people have been consuming mystery meat from local deer hunting at the same time? What am I missing?

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