NR AVVT
AU Butler,R.
TI Prion diseases in humans: an update.
QU British Journal of Psychiatry 2006 Oct; 189: 295-6
PT editorial
AB The year 2006 marks 20 years from the first identified bovine spongiform encephalitis in cows and 10 years from the first description of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. The threatened epidemic in humans now appears unlikely, but psychiatrists need to be aware of recent developments in prion diseases.
MH Animals; Cattle; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/epidemiology/mortality/*therapy/transmission; Europe/epidemiology; Humans
AD Redwald Unit, St Clement's Hospital, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 1P3 8LS UK. robbutler100@hotmail.com.
SP englisch
PO England