Estimation of the number of people incubating variant CJD

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9137, 1998, Pages 1353-1354

  Ghani, A C ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a   Donnelly, C A ^a   Hagenaars, T J ^a   Anderson, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0032564231     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60744-1     Document Type: Article

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