1. World problems
  2. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • vCJD

Incidence

14 cases of a new form of CJD have been confirmed in Britain, and there were fears in 1997 that an epidemic would ensue due to eating contaminated beef.

Broader

Value

Disease
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J2019
DOCID
12020190
D7NID
145373
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Nov 8, 2022