Epidemiological evidence of higher susceptibility to vCJD in the young
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The strikingly young age of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD) cases remains unexplained. Age dependent susceptibility to infection has been put forward, but differential dietary exposure to contaminated food products in th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/4/26 |