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This 4 page paper provides an overview of this epidemic that continues to be a threat despite its relative dormancy. Symptoms of the disease and outlook are discussed in this research paper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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deaths attributable to this disease was never large, but the scare and the reporting of this emerging problem was significant. It made headlines for awhile but the hysteria died down.
Much like the fear of SARS is now, the fear of Mad Cow disease was great. Yet, the disease in actuality arrived gradually. It started in the middle of the
1980s when farmers discovered a new disease that had been killing dairy cows and by 1995, the first human cases of what was called variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease or vCJD was
apparent (Ropeik & Gray, 2002). Mad cow disease is one of a few fatal brain diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs, and such illnesses attack the brain, and
make it look like a sponge ("A beef," 2001). Obviously, the disease is fatal. Most scientists claim that people can get vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) from eating infected cows
(2001). Most at risk are the elderly, but it also appears among the younger set, and they get it from eating meat (2001). Symptoms are mood swings, numbness and
uncontrolled body movements, and a newer variety of CJD kills its victims in about 18 months after symptoms first surface (2001). In general, symptoms progress to problems with
walking and muscle coordination as well as forgetfulness and memory disturbances (Ropeik & Gray, 2002). Eventually, there is severe cognitive impairment, paralysis and the inability to speak; then, involuntary muscle
spasms occur and death is the final result (2002). The older variety would generally kill its victims in about four to six months ("A beef," 2001). Three people in
France had died as of 2001 as a result of contracting vCJD, and it is believed that they contracted it from eating meat from diseased animals (2001). France had registered
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