Roberts G W, James S
Department of Molecular Neuropathology Research, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Harlow, Essex, UK.
Curr Biol. 1996 Oct 1;6(10):1247-9. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)70708-2.
Prion diseases in humans show considerable clinical and pathological heterogeneity. The identification of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and its interpretation as evidence of transmission of mad cow disease to man, rely critically on our understanding of the epidemiology of prion diseases.