Meanings of variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease in English

Its full name is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and it is known as vCJD.

The recommendation comes in light of concerns about the transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

In 1996, scientists linked BSE found in cattle to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

The emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has highlighted the need to develop possible therapies.

BSE sparked off a panic because it was linked to the human disease vCJD, or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Main outcomes and measures: The main outcome was incidence of human prion disease cases, including identification of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Scientists have estimated 120 people per million could be at increased risk of developing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).

There were concerns about the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) by eating meat from infected cattle.

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and scrapie are typically initiated by extracerebral exposure to prions, and exhibit early prion accumulation in germinal centers.

Another exhibit shows a brain afflicted by the human form of mad cow disease which is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The first person in the State to be diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a human form of BSE in cattle, has died.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify factors that may have augmented local risks for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is one of a group of rare, progressive fatal non-inflammatory degenerative diseases of the brain affecting humans and animals.

Two people have died in Spain from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the human form of mad cow disease, according to health department authorities.

The charges have been brought against officials by the families of victims of the fatal human equivalent of BSE, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).

The latest case was reported earlier this month - that of a New Hampshire man who contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) via contaminated neurosurgical instruments.