title: Deadly enigma. The U.S. wakes up to the threat of mad cow disease and its relatives.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beardsley
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D011328:Prions; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011328:Prions