vCJD risk in the Republic of Ireland

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Harney, Michael S ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^b   Donnelly, C A ^b   McConn Walsh, Rory ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Howley, Rachel ^a   Brett, Francesca ^a   Farrell, Michael ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MEAT PRODUCTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342580183     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-3-28     Document Type: Article

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