[A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Do we want development of a new epidemic?].

Article

[A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Do we want development of a new epidemic?].

Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 30 Jan 1997

Sande R, Tysnes O B

Abstract excerpt

Human spongiform encephalopathies have been receiving a lot of attention lately, because of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and its possible connection to bovine spongiform encephalopathy which has reached epidemic proportions in Great Britain during the last ten years. Four different...

Topics

Animals
Cattle
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Disease Outbreaks
Genetic Variation
Global Health
Humans

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