Assessment of the risk posed by bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle in Great Britain and the impact of potential changes to current control measures

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1524, 2003, Pages 1579-1584

  Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back calculation; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Risk assessment; Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0042030971     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2484     Document Type: Article

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