Estimation of the size of the vCJD epidemic

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-103

  Sneath, P H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Epidemic size; vCJD

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; EPIDEMIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 4043072108     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000036145.53052.3b     Document Type: Article

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