Mad Cow Disease Rising in U.K.

7/18/2000

British government scientists with the Spongiform
Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) announced that the
incidence of the deadly human form of mad cow disease in Britain
was increasing by a "statistically significant" 20 to 30% a year,
according to a July 18 Reuters report. However, the scientists
said that it was too early to assess the long-term trend on variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). The committee said in a
statement late Monday that, "There are now 76 definite and
probable cases, including seven probables still alive. The number
of cases reported now indicated a statistically significant rising
trend of about 20% to 30% per annum." Last month the
government launched an urgent inquiry into a cluster of CJD
deaths around the small village of Queniborough in the central
English county of Leicestershire. Three of the four victims died
within weeks of each other and all lived within a close radius.
SEAC said the team investigating the Leicestershire deaths was
likely to report within the next few months and could well cast new
light on the transmission of the disease.

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