Predicting the size of the epidemic of the new variant of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease
Neil M. Ferguson
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
Christl A. Donnelly
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
Azra C. Ghani
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
Roy M. Anderson
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
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Abstract
In response to a paper published in a previous issue of British Food Journal, it criticises the methodology of the previous research. Examines the earlier findings on the projected epidemic size of the new variant of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease (vCJD) in humans. Argues that the earlier research is flawed and there exists no data which can provide adequate predictions for the extent of the vCJD epidemic.
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Citation
Ferguson, N.M., Donnelly, C.A., Ghani, A.C. and Anderson, R.M. (1999), "Predicting the size of the epidemic of the new variant of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease", British Food Journal, Vol. 101 No. 2, pp. 86-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709910261891
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:MCB UP Ltd
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