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- Outbreaks of Animal-Related Illnesses--A Trend in Infectious Diseases. // Journal of Environmental Health;Nov2003, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p35
This article presents information related to outbreaks of animal-related illnesses, which indicate a trend in the emergence of infectious diseases. As more outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases — from severe acute respiratory syndrome to monkeypox — are linked to animal...
- Emerging infectious diseases--United Kingdom. Walford, Diana; Noah, Norman; Walford, D; Noah, N // Emerging Infectious Diseases;Mar/Apr99, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p189
Describes some of the most important reemerging infectious diseases in the United Kingdom. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; HIV/AIDS; Tuberculosis.
- Third US Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Case Reported in Virginia. // Clinical Infectious Diseases;2/1/2007, Vol. 44 Issue 3, piv
The article reports on the development of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that has infected a Saudi-born man in Virginia. The incident was the third reported case of viral infection in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed that the disease was taken from eating...
- Sacred Disease of our times: Failure of the infectious disease model of spongiform encephalopathy. McAlister, Vivian // Clinical & Investigative Medicine;Jun2005, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p101
Background: Public health and agricultural policy attempts to keep bovine spongiform encephalopathy out of North America using infectious disease containment policies. Inconsistencies of the infectious disease model as it applies to the spongiform encephalopathies may result in failure of these...
- CROSSING OVER. Weir, Kirsten // Current Science;10/24/2003, Vol. 89 Issue 5, p10
The article focuses on diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Monkeypox is a relative of chickenpox and smallpox, a devastating disease that killed millions of people each year before a worldwide vaccination effort wiped it out. More than 70 people in six Midwestern states came down with...
- March cow madness. Roybal, Joe // BEEF;Apr2006, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p4
The article discusses on issues and topics related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the U.S. The Department of Agriculture has confirmed the third case of BSE, otherwise known as mad cow disease in the country on March 13, 2006. The infected cow was a crossbred in Alabama. After the...
- Distinct molecular phenotypes in bovine prion diseases. Biacabe, Anne-Gaëlle; Laplanche, Jean-Louis; Ryder, Stephen; Baron, Thierry // EMBO Reports;Jan2004, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p110
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, the most likely cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, is thought to be caused by a unique infectious agent, with stable features, even when transmitted to other species. Here, we show the existence of an atypical molecular...
- In the nick of time. MacKenzie, Debora // New Scientist;10/17/98, Vol. 160 Issue 2156, p16
Reports on the first confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an apparently healthy Swiss cow destined for human consumption. New, faster test for BSE developed by Prionics of Zurich, Switzerland; Randomized tests conducted by Switzerland's Federal Veterinary Office;...
- Is rare form of BSE already in people? COGHIAN, ANDY // New Scientist;9/18/2008, Vol. 199 Issue 2673, p14
The article reports that a monkey has been infected by bovine amyloidic spongiform encephalopathy, suggesting that the disease may also be capable of spreading to humans. According to the author, the disease took hold and killed the monkey faster than strains of classical BSE and variant...
