Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Source of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease outside United Kingdom

Pascual Sanchez-Juan*†, Simon N. Cousens‡, Robert G. Will§, and Cornelia M. van Duijn*

Author affiliations: *Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; †University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” Santander, Spain; ‡London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; §Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

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Scatter plot of the number of cases of indigenous bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in non–UK countries and the number of non-UK variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases per country. SA, Saudi Arabia.

Figure 1. Scatter plot of the number of cases of indigenous bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in non–UK countries and the number of non-UK variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases per country. SA, Saudi Arabia.

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