Mad Cow Disease May Have 30 Year Incubation Period
July 5, 2001
A study of the human version of mad cow disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), indicates that the fatal condition may have a 30-year incubation period. During the study, scientists investigated five deaths in Queniborough, Leicestershire, a small English village.
Prominent English scientist, Professor John Collinge, a member of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), told BBC Radio that this latest finding agrees with the estimates his organization has been making of the possible BSE incubation periods in humans.
Some researchers fear that thousands or tens of thousands of human cases may surface in the next few years.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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