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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (view source)
Revision as of 03:29, November 14, 2007
, 03:29, November 14, 2007New page: A sporadic and rare, but fatal human disease that usually strikes people over 65. It occurs worldwide at an estimated rate of one case per million population. About 10-15% of CJD cases are...
A sporadic and rare, but fatal human disease that usually strikes people over 65. It occurs worldwide at an estimated rate of one case per million population. About 10-15% of CJD cases are inherited. A small number of cases occurred as the result of various medical treatments or procedures which inadvertently transferred the CJD agent. In March 1996, the British government announced a possible link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and CJD. The announcement was prompted by the discovery of several atypical cases of CJD in Great Britain.
==References==
[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]
==References==
[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]