PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Roma, Andres A.
AU  - Prayson, Richard A.
TI  - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: How safe is eating beef?
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 185--194
VI  - 72
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/185.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/185.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Mar 01; 72
AB  - Cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease) have been found in North American cattle. Its human counterpart, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (variant CJD), is rare but seems to be linked to eating diseased beef. Many questions remain about these diseases, such as why young people seem at greater risk of variant CJD. Also, are some people more genetically at risk for acquiring variant CJD than others?