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Adaptation of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent to primates and comparison with Creutzfeldt-- Jakob disease: implications for human health.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2001
Lasmézas C I, Fournier J G, Nouvel V, Boe H, Marcé D, Lamoury F, Kopp N, Hauw J J, Ironside J, Bruce M, Dormont D, Deslys J P
Abstract excerpt
There is substantial scientific evidence to support the notion that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has contaminated human beings, causing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). This disease has raised concerns about the possibility of an iatrogenic secondary transmission to humans, bec...
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