NR ALOC
AU Taylor,D.M.
TI Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and human health
QU The Veterinary Record 1989 Oct 14; 125(16): 413-5
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB Because bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has probably been caused by accidental transmission of the transmissible agent of sheep scrapie there is concern that humans may be at risk from BSE. Epidemiological and experimental evidence is examined which suggests that this is unlikely.
ZR 61
MH Animal; Brain Diseases/*veterinary; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/*transmission; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/etiology; Human; Kuru/transmission; Scrapie/transmission; Sheep; Slow Virus Diseases/transmission/*veterinary; *Zoonoses
AD Institute for Animal Health, AFRC and MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit, Edinburgh.
SP englisch
PO England
OR Prion-Krankheiten 8