Volume 4, Number 3—September 1998
THEME ISSUE
ICEID 1998
New Agents and Disease Associations
The Emergence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Related Diseases
Table 1
Annual incidence of bovine spongiform encephalo- pathy in the United Kingdom, 1985-1997
| Year | Number of cases |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 60 |
| 1987 | 630 |
| 1988 | 2,184 |
| 1989 | 7,137 |
| 1990 | 14,181 |
| 1991 | 25,032 |
| 1992 | 36,682 |
| 1993 | 34,370 |
| 1994 | 23,945 |
| 1995 | 14,300 |
| 1996 | 8,016 |
| 1997 | 4,052 |
