NEWS SCAN: Prion disease risks, German E coli outbreak, Iowa measles warning CDC assesses potential exposure to prion diseases Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently assessed the prevalence of certain behaviors that could expose Americans to prion diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease); BSE's human counterpart, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and chronic wasting disease (CWD), which ... [News Source]

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CDC Assesses Potential Human Exposure to Prion Diseases Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have examined the potential for human exposure to prion diseases, looking at hunting, venison consumption, and travel to areas in which prion diseases have been reported in animals. Three prion diseases in particular - bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "Mad Cow Disease"), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), and ... [News Source]

Potential human exposure to prion diseases assessed Researchers have examined the potential for human exposure to prion diseases, looking at hunting, venison consumption, and travel to areas in which prion diseases have been reported in animals. Three prion diseases in particular -- bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and chronic wasting disease -- were specified in the investigation. [News Source]

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