1. World problems
  2. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • vCJD

Incidence

14 cases of a new form of CJD have been confirmed in Britain, and there were fears in 1997 that an epidemic would ensue due to eating contaminated beef.

Broader

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Disease
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J2019
    DOCID
    12020190
    D7NID
    145373
    Last update
    Nov 8, 2022