NR ASLG
AU Roma,A.A.; Prayson,R.A.
TI Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: how safe is eating beef?
QU Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2005 Mar; 72(3): 185-6, 189-90, 192-4
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB Cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease) have been found in North American cattle. Its human counterpart, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (variant CJD), is rare but seems to be linked to eating diseased beef. Many questions remain about these diseases, such as why young people seem at greater risk of variant CJD. Also, are some people more genetically at risk for acquiring variant CJD than others?
ZR 24
MH Age Factors; Animals; Cattle; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis/*transmission; Disease Outbreaks; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/diagnosis/*transmission; *Food Contamination; Humans; *Meat Products; Risk Factors; United States
AD Department of Anatomic Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA
SP englisch
PO USA