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AU Grist,E.P.
TI An evaluation of United Kingdom environmental bovine spongiform encephalopathy risk assessment
QU Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 2005 Apr; 1(2): 152-9
PT journal article; review
AB As a member of the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been causally associated with a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. Given the many uncertainties on the transmission and persistence of TSE pathogens in the environment, quantitative assessment of risks to humans and animals continues to remain a public health issue. This paper reviews quantitative BSE risk assessments undertaken in the United Kingdom since 1997 to address the potential for human exposure and theoretical health risks through environmental pathways. The review focuses on how model assumptions and methodology may influence the results.
ZR 84
MH Animals; Cattle; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/*transmission; Great Britain; Humans; *Models, Theoretical; *Public Health; Risk Assessment; Zoonoses
AD School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom. e.grist@rhul.ac.uk
SP englisch
PO USA