Volume 7, Number 1—February 2001
Perspective
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background, Evolution, and Current Concerns
Table 1
Reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United Kingdom and other countries (as of
December 2000)a | |||
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Country | Native cases | Imported cases | Total cases |
United Kingdom | 180,376b | 0 | 180,376 |
Republic of Ireland | 487 | 12 | 499 |
Portugal | 446 | 6 | 452 |
Switzerlandc | 363 | 0 | 363 |
Francec | 150 | 1 | 151 |
Belgium | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Germany | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Oman | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Italy | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Spaind | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Falklands (UK) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azores (Portugal)e | 0 | 1 | 1 |
aData from Organization of International Epizootics(Paris) and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (UK).
bIncludes 1,287 cases in offshore British islands.
cIncludes cases detected by active surveillance with immunologic methods.
dOrigin and dates of imported cases are under investigation.
eCase imported from Germany.