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Predicting the CJD epidemic in humans

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Fourteen cases of new-variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease have so far been confirmed in the United Kingdom. Are they the start of an epidemic? If so, how informative will cases in the next few years be in predicting its course?

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

    S. N. Cousens, E. Vynnycky, M. Zeidler, R. G. Will & P. G. Smith

  2. the National CJD Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

    S. N. Cousens, E. Vynnycky, M. Zeidler, R. G. Will & P. G. Smith

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Cousens, S., Vynnycky, E., Zeidler, M. et al. Predicting the CJD epidemic in humans. Nature 385, 197–198 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385197a0

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