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AU anonym
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob-disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy - any connection
QU British Medical Journal 1995 Nov 25; 311(7017): 1415
IA http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/311/7017/1415
PT Editorial
VT
Two cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have recently been reported in teenagers in Britain,[1,2] adding to only four cases previously reported in this age group. Four British dairy farmers have died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the past three years[3,4,5] - an occupational association that is unlikely to have arisen by chance. In the light of these findings, we asked a range of professionals how likely they thought it was that the agent responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease could be transmitted to humans from cattle affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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2. Bateman D, Hilton D, Love S, Zeidler M, Beck J, Collinge J. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a 18-year-old in the UK. Lancet 1995;346:1155-6.
3. Sawcer SJ, Yuill GM, Esmonde TFG, Estibeiro P, Ironside JW, Bell JE, et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in an individual occupationally exposed to BSE. Lancet 1993;341:642.
4. Davies PTG, Jahtar S, Ferguson IT, Windl O. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in individual occupationally exposed to BSE. Lancet 1993;342:680.
5. Smith PEM, Zeidler M, Ironside JW, Estibeiro P, Moss TH. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a dairy farmer. Lancet 1995;346:898.
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SP englisch