NR AHRN
AU MacKnight,C.; Rockwood,K.
TI Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implications for physicians.
QU CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996 Sep 1; 155(5): 529-36
KI CMAJ. 1996 Sep 1;155(5):549-51. PMID: 8804261 CMAJ. 1997 Feb 15;156(4):481, 484. PMID: 9054815
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB The appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) followed by new spongiform encephalopathies and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the United Kingdom indicates that these diseases may be linked. To give an understanding of this risk, the authors review the literature on the pathogenesis of CJD and BSE and the current findings on how these diseases are transmitted. They also discuss the implications for Canada's food and blood supply and outline previously published recommendations for disease prevention.
ZR 107
MH Animal; Blood Transfusion/adverse effects; Canada; Cattle; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*etiology/prevention & control/transmission; Disease Outbreaks/veterinary; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/epidemiology/*etiology/transmission; Food Supply; Great Britain/epidemiology; Human; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
AD Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax.
SP englisch
PO Kanada