Variant CJD (vCJD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): 10 and 20 years on: Part 1

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-101

  Bradley, Ray ^a   Collee, J Gerald ^b   Liberski, Paweł P ^c  

^a University College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; BSE; TSE Roadmap; vCJD

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33746171802     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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