Is the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from mad cows?

Science. 1996 Aug 9;273(5276):748. doi: 10.1126/science.273.5276.748.

Authors

P G Smith¹, S N Cousens

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 8701324
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5276.748

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animal Feed
Animals
Cattle
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / epidemiology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission*
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / epidemiology
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / transmission*
Food Contamination
Humans
Meat
Mice
United Kingdom / epidemiology