Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the United States - An Epidemiologist's View

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 539-542

  Donnelly, Christl A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; UNITED STATES; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 0742270399     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp038005     Document Type: Review

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