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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Figure 3

Scatter plot of the tonnage of carcass meat (unweighted data) imports from the United Kingdom (1980–1996) and the number of non-UK variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases per country. Values are logarithmic. M, million.

Figure 3. Scatter plot of the tonnage of carcass meat (unweighted data) imports from the United Kingdom (1980–1996) and the number of non-UK variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases per country. Values are logarithmic. M, million.

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