Josephson J
Environ Health Perspect. 1998 Mar;106(3):A134-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.98106a134.
In 1996, a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)-a disease that causes lack of coordination, muscle twitching or jerking, dementia, and, eventually, death-suddenly appeared in Great Britain. It is believed that the victims contracted the disease from eating the beef of cattle stricken with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. As of December 1997, at least 25 people in the United Kingdom and France have contracted vCJD.
1996年,一种新型克雅氏病(vCJD)——一种会导致身体协调性丧失、肌肉抽搐或痉挛、痴呆,并最终致人死亡的疾病——突然在英国出现。据信,受害者是因为食用了感染牛海绵状脑病(BSE)即疯牛病的牛肉而染上这种疾病的。截至1997年12月,英国和法国至少已有25人感染了vCJD。