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The Risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ('Mad Cow Disease') to Human Health
Paul Brown, MD
JAMA. 1997;278(12):1008-1011.
Abstract
Some human cases of the transmissible neurodegenerative disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease recently seen in Great Britain are thought to have resulted from eating beef infected with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Reasons for and against this presumption are explained, and the question of a similar situation occurring in countries other than Britain—in particular, the United States—is discussed in terms of the existence of scrapie (in sheep) or unrecognized bovine spongiform encephalopathy (in cattle), the practice of recycling nonedible sheep and cattle tissue for animal nutrition, and precautionary measures already taken or under consideration by government agencies.
Author Affiliations
From the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Footnotes
Reprints: Paul Brown, MD, Bldg 36, Room 5B21, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 (e-mail: pwb@codon.nih.gov).
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