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Provides health information on Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (also known as CJD, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Variant CJD, vCJD, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, Mad Cow - new variant CJD), including signs and symptoms, risk factors, possible causes, prevention, and treatment and coping strategies.
Provides information on Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of Mad Cow disease.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is one of a small group of fatal diseases caused by infectious agents called prions. These attack the brain, killing cells and creating gaps in tissue. The disease is always fatal.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
UK Government mad cow related activities in the areas of consumer protection, eradication measures, beef industry assistance, scientific and statistical information, and the effects on the rest of Europe.
Source: Government of the United Kingdom
Links to fact sheets on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease). Links to information on feed regulations, disease information, disease investigations, BSE safeguards, and on international activities/trade.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a transmissible, neurodegenerative, fatal brain disease of cattle. The disease has a long incubation period of four to five years, but ultimately is fatal for cattle within weeks to months of its onset.
Source: World Health Organization
Information on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, "mad cow" disease), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), and prion diseases.
Source: Government of the United States
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "Mad Cow Disease" is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in cattle. It is linked to a rare, fatal disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).
Source: Health Canada
The cause of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease appears to be the consumption of beef and beef products from cattle infected with mad cow disease. Health Canada is aware of travellers' concerns about mad cow disease in Europe and makes several recommendations.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a rare and fatal human neurodegenerative condition. As with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, vCJD is classified as a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) because of characteristic spongy degeneration of the brain and its ability to be transmitted.
Source: World Health Organization
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