The new variant of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease accounts for no relative increase of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mortality rate in the United Kingdom; this fits ill with the new variant being the consequence of consumption of food infected with the agent of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.

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BACKGROUND: A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was described in the United Kingdom. It is often claimed that it is caused by consumption of food infected with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. However, this remains open to question because the number of cases of the variant is, at the present time, less than would be expected from a major food-borne source. DISCUSSION: The EUROCJD cooperative...

Topics

• Animals
• Australia
• Canada
• Cattle
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
• Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
• Europe
• Food Contamination
• Genetic Variation
• Humans
• Incidence
• Meat Products
• Population Surveillance