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The epidemiology of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Smith P G, Cousens S N, d' Huillard Aignaux J N, Ward H J T, Will R G
Abstract excerpt
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) was identified as a new disease in 1996. It was linked to infection with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent although the epidemiological evidence for this was not strong, but later strain typing studies confirmed the association. The disease has affected predominantly young adults whose dietary and other characteristics are unexceptional compared to control...
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