Correction: Vol. 12, No. 10.In Human Prion Disease Prion disease Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in both humans and animals. Scrapie is the most common form in animals, while in humans the most prevalent form is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. and Relative Risk Associated with Chronic Wasting Disease Noun 1. chronic wasting disease - a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings by Samantha MaWhinney et al., an error occurred in the list of references. Missing from the list is reference no. 36: Belay ED, Maddox RA, Gambetti P, Schonberger LB. Monitoring the occurrence of emerging forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: see prion. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or CJD Rare fatal disease of the central nervous system. It destroys brain tissue, making it spongy and causing progressive loss of mental functioning and motor control. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Neurology. 2003;60:176-81. The corrected list of references appears in the online article at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no10/06-0019.htm We regret any confusion this error may have caused. |
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