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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:792-793
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Predicting the unpredictable: the future incidence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Azra C Ghani

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, UK.

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Following publication of the report from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) inquiry into the handling of the BSE epidemic in the UK, there has been a considerable loss of public trust in the safety of food products and in the handling of disease outbreaks more generally, highlighted by intense public and media reaction to E-coli, salmonella, foot-and-mouth, and most recently severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Perhaps for this reason, and despite the relatively small numbers of cases, there continues to be substantial public interest in the future course of the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) epidemic. In addition, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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