title: Spongiform disease. Experts downplay new vCJD fears.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002353:Carrier State / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006224:Cricetinae; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D013045:Species Specificity; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology