pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on tue 8 jul 03
global import implied of course...&...
I just cut and pasted this, below the 'stars' anyway...so
none of it is me or
mine...just thought some of you might be curious...it is
some official enough schpiel and not bad.
I recon, figure many, many times what they conceed here for
a better 'guess' of what's up now...right now...
and almost anywhere, too.
Vectors for transmission are gradually being understood,
which is to say conceeded, to
be ALL imaginable Bovine derived anythings...and anything
made of, or from, or as in contact with syrums, blood
products, marrow, bone etc., as derive from them and all or
any
consumers of them, whatever species they may be...or
consumers of any consumer of any consumer etc.
Mosquitoes are implicated, of course...&c.
Good Luck...
I hope none of us should ever have to say, "I got's dem
brain purr-turbin', motor dissssss-turbin', marrow
exude-inin', spinal sap a' turgidin', yew-ess-dee-aya a
snoozinin', bad-assed an' noosenin' me, of nasty ol' prion
bahhhhhh-luuuuuuze..."
I think I might take up the Slide Steel (or bottle-neck)
Git-Box, and work on that some...it has potential I think,
and is topical...
Anyway...for what it's worth.
Phil
lasvegas
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Monthly Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Statistics;
As of Mon 7 Jul 2003
The Department of Health issued on Mon 7 Jul 2003 the latest
information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease. This includes cases of variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease [abbreviated in ProMED-mail as (vCJD) or CJD
(new var.)] -- the form of the disease thought to be linked
to
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The position is as
follows:
Definite and probable CJD cases in the UK:
Referrals of suspect CJD/ Deaths of definite and probable
CJD
Year/ Referrals/ Sporadic/ Iatrogenic/ Familial/ GSS/ vCJD/
Total deaths
1990/ 53/ 28/ 5/ 0/ 0/ -/ 33
1991/ 75/ 32/ 1/ 3/ 0/ -/ 36
1992/ 96/ 45/ 2/ 5/ 1/ -/ 53
1993/ 78/ 37/ 4/ 3/ 2/ -/ 46
1994/ 118/ 53/ 1/ 4/ 3/ -/ 61
1995/ 87/ 35/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 47
1996/ 134/ 40/ 4/ 2/ 4/ 10/ 60
1997/ 161/ 60/ 6/ 4/ 1/ 10/ 81
1998/ 154/ 63/ 3/ 4/ 1/ 18/ 89
1999/ 170/ 62/ 6/ 2/ 0/ 15/ 85
2000/ 178/ 49/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 28/ 81
2001/ 179/ 56/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 20/ 83
2002/ 163/ 73/ 0/ 4/ 1/ 17/ 95
2003*/ 84/26/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 11/ 39
Total/1730/659/41/38/19/132/889
(*Provisional as of Mon 7 Jul 2003)
Summary of vCJD cases
Deaths:
Deaths from definite vCJD (confirmed): 99
Deaths from probable vCJD (without neuropathological
confirmation): 30
Deaths from probable vCJD (neuropathological confirmation
pending): 3
Number of deaths from definite or probable vCJD (as above):
132
Alive:
Number of probable vCJD cases still alive: 5
Total number of definite or probable vCJD (dead and alive):
137
The precise definitions of the terms: Referrals, Deaths,
Definite cases, Probable vCJD cases, Sporadic, Probable
sporadic,
Iatrogenic, Familial, GSS, variant CJD, and the case
definitions
can be found by accessing the Department of Health web-site
or
by reference to a preceding ProMED-mail post in this thread
[CJD (new var.) - UK: update Mar 2002 20020305.3693].
The next monthly statistics will be published on Mon 4 Aug
2003.
For the rest of the story:
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:39961533187828
9656::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000
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