From mgs23@pacbell.net Fri Aug 6 13:24:31 1999 Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 08:14:27 -0700 From: Misha To: SANET-mg Subject: New variant CJD update/ProMED Howdy, all-- Thought this might interest you prion-watchers. peace mish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CJD (NEW. VAR.) - UK: UPDATE AUGUST 1999 **************************************** A ProMED-mail post Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:34:00 -0400 From: Dorothy Preslar Source: Financial Times, 3 Aug 1999 (edited) One person died last month from new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD or v-CJD) - the degenerative brain disorder linked to BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, mad cow disease) - the department of health said yesterday. The death brings the total [death] toll to 43 since nvCJD was first recorded in 1995. The number of nvCJD deaths so far this year is 4, compared with 16 last year, 10 in 1997 and 10 in 1996. But epidemiologists say it is still too soon to discount the possibility of a nvCJD epidemic, because the disease has a long and unknown incubation period. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michele Gale-Sinex Communications manager Center for Integrated Ag Systems, UW-Madison http://www.wisc.edu UW voice mail: 608-262-8018 Home office: 415-504-6474 (504-MISH) Home office fax: Same as above, phone first for enabling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I eat everything. If anything is there, I eat it. I presume it is safe and good. --U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail