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Two deaths in Castilla y León confirmed to be from Mad Cow disease

By h.b. - Apr 7, 2008 - 3:25 PM


The two youngsters have not been named and they are thought to have eaten
infected meat some eight years ago

The death of two youngsters in Castilla y León has been confirmed today to
have been caused by Creutzfeld-Jakob, Mad Cow disease. Experts in Spain now
consider that more cases are likely to be detected here over the next few
months.

Juan José Badiola director of the centre which investigates the disease in
Spain has called for calm. He said that both the victim probably ate the
infected meat more than eight years ago.
The deaths follow that of a 26 year old woman in Madrid back in 2005.

The exact localities of the new deaths has not been revealed, but the
Castilla y León health department say that one death was a month ago and the
other some time earlier. Neither of those to die was a farmer.

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_15942.shtml


April 7, 2008 - 1:35 PM Two die in Spain from human form of mad cow
disease
MADRID (Reuters) - Two people have died in Spain from variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of mad cow disease, the health
department at the regional Castilla-Leon government said on Monday.

Mad cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, first emerged in Britain
in the 1980s and has been found in herds in several European and other
countries. Scientists believe it is transmitted through infected meat and
bone meal fed to cattle and may cause vCJD in humans.

The health department said these were not the first vCJD deaths in Spain but
did not give details.


http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Two_die_in_Spain_from_human_form_of_mad_cow_disease.html?siteSect=143&sid=8942541&cKey=1207575501000&ty=ti


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