British Man Has Mad Cow Disease
A man from Britain has been diagnosed with the human form of mad cow disease, the second documented U.S. case of the illness, the federal Centers for Disease Control said Monday.
The man in all likelihood contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom. But because his symptoms began while he was living in Houston, he will be listed as a U.S. case, as is customary. “Almost certainly, this case represents a continuation of the outbreak that is going on in the United Kingdom,” said Lawrence Schonberger, a CDC medical epidemiologist.
Earlier this year, the man returned to Great Britain, where he is receiving medical treatment for the fatal illness. He lived in Houston four years.
Source: Medbroadcast.com.
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