Prion diseases in humans: an update.
The year 2006 marks 20 years from the first identified bovine spongiform encephalitis in cows and 10 years from the first description of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. The threatened epidemic in humans now appears unlikely, but psychiatrists need to be aware of recent developments in prion diseases.
Butler
Rob
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Redwald Unit, St Clement's Hospital, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 1P3 8LS UK. robbutler100@hotmail.com.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans