Guest guest Posted December 15, 1998 Report Share Posted December 15, 1998 -- LONDON, Dec. 11 -- REUTERS HEALTH -- Three more people have died in Great Britain due to the new variant CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE (CJD), the progressive mental deterioration thought by some experts to be caused by the same infectious agent that causes " MAD-COW DISEASE " or BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY. The 3 deaths bring the total number of fatalities due to the recently identified neurological disease to 33. The Department of Health reported that 10 people have died this year from nvCJD, 10 LAST YEAR, 10 IN 1996, and 3 in 1995 when the first cases were identified. " WE CANNOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE OVERALL TREND IN INCIDENCE OF THE DISEASE AT THIS STAGE, " a health department spokeswoman commented............../////////////// [i CAN MAKE A COMMENT, THOSE FIGURES SHOW " NO " DECREASE IN THIS HIDEOUS DISEASE............... " PLUS " ......................2 MORE CASES OF BSE IN FRANCE THIS WEEK, SHOW AN INCREASE OF BSE]???????? MADSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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