Open AccessVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
E Hoile
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.45.01961-en
Subject(s) - bovine spongiform encephalopathy , disease , medicine , creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , virology , transmissible spongiform encephalopathy , pediatrics , prion protein , pathology , scrapie
The Department of Health in England has issued the latest figures on known cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom (UK), including cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the form of the disease thought to be linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.