NR AGDV
AU Kamin,M.; Patten,B.M.
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Possible transmission to humans by consumption of wild animal brains.
QU American Journal of Medicine 1984 Jan; 76(1): 142-5
PT journal article
AB Although the natural mode of spread of the agent responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is unknown, several reports suggest oral transmission through consumption of contaminated food or brain. This report summarizes four cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in which a history of eating the brains of wild goat or squirrel was obtained. These cases support the hypothesis of possible acquisition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by ingestion of the agent from a presumptive reservoir in the central nervous system of wild animals.
MH Aged; Animal; Animals/*microbiology; Animals, Wild/*microbiology; Brain/*microbiology; Case Report; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*transmission; Female; *Food Contamination; Goats/microbiology; Human; Male; Middle Age; Sciuridae/microbiology; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SP englisch
PO USA