The epidemics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: current status and future prospects

The epidemics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: current status and future prospects

The large epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom has been in decline since 1992, but has spread to other countries. The extensive control measures that have been put in place across the European Union and also in Switzerland should have brought the transmission of B...

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Huvudupphovsman: Smith Peter G.
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Serie:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Ämnen:
Encephalopathy
Bovine spongiform/epidemiology
Bovine spongiform/etiology
Bovine spongiform/prevention and control
Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome/epidemiology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome/etiology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome/prevention and control
Disease outbreaks/prevention and control
Cattle
Sheep
Animal feed/adverse effects
Disease transmission
Forecasting
United Kingdom
Switzerland
European Union
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