Health Issues

Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) / Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
  • Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in Canada

• Infection Control Guidelines: Classic CJD in Canada (2002)
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJD-SS)
• Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division
• Travel in Europe and mad cow disease (2002)
  
  
• Health Canada: Information on Mad Cow Disease (BSE)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in North America

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