vCJD epidemic in the UK: Anatomy and physiology of predictive models;Épidémie de nouveau variant de la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob au royaume-uni: Anatomie et physiologie des modèles prédictifs

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1081-1088

  Alpérovitch, Annick ^a   Huillard d'Aignaux, Jérôme ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0036847159     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200218111081     Document Type: Review

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