Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in the United States

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September 21, 2000
Issue Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/7eapad36

Task Force Chairs

William D. Hueston

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland

James L. Voss

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University

Authors

Jason Bartz

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University

Ermias D. Belay

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Linda A. Detwiler

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services

Janice M. Miller

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center,

Doris Olander

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin

Morris E. Potter

International Life Sciences Institute

Richard Rubenstein

New York State Institute for Basic Research

Lawrence B. Schonberger

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Andrea Vicari

College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University

Elizabeth S. Williams

Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming

Abstract

This report from CAST characterizes the overall U.S. risk for the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called "mad cow" disease, as extremely low. The report summarizes the latest information and disease statistics on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), a unique group of fatal diseases that can affect the nervous systems of animals and humans worldwide.

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