RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan 06, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Health officials have ruled out the human version of mad cow disease in a California death, but a neurologist said the man had symptoms of the fatal disease. Posted on 01/07/2005 2:58:20 AM PST by M. Espinola
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan 06, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Health officials have ruled out the human version of mad cow disease in a California death, but a neurologist said the man had symptoms of the fatal disease.
Patrick Hicks, 49, died late last year in Colton, Calif., and his neurologist, Dr. Ron Bailey of Riverside Medical Center in Riverside suspected possible variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a fatal condition humans can contract from eating beef products infected with the mad cow pathogen.
"Clinically, the case did look like it was variant CJD -- no question about that," Bailey told UPI.
However, he said, the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center in Cleveland concluded in late December that Hicks had a similar disease called sporadic CJD, which is not thought to be due to contaminated beef.
NPDPSC said it could not comment on Hicks' final diagnosis.
Bailey questions how NPDPSC arrived at the diagnosis because he doesn't think enough testing was done to rule out vCJD.
Bailey has additional concerns because the manner in which Hicks' brain was preserved makes it impossible to carry out additional tests that would've helped determine whether he had vCJD or CJD.
"Some questions remain as far as I'm concerned," Bailey said.
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"California man had mad cow symptoms"
Yes and the sun went down again today too... :p
I don't know if u heard but a California woman has mad cow symptoms, too. Her name is Barbara Boxer.
Democrats have Mad Cow Dementia. Film at 11.
I'm trying to remember the title of that book a few years back that predicted mass death over decades for millions of people. Well, like the killer bees a hideous plague of variantCJD might be just around the corner...
That said, I do think the practice of adding ground up cattle to cattle feed is an inexcusably bad idea. Has that practice in fact been stopped? Prions do have terrifying potential, being as they are all but indestructible and theoretically can easily make the species jump.
Mad jackass symptoms are everywhere.
Comes from listening to Air America.
There has been a ban on animal based protein for several years. That's why the positive BSE animals here and in Canada were older cattle, before the ban was instituted.
And they were dairy cows as well, not beef cattle. The North American continent is well suited to grow enough plant based protein to be used for animal feed. Such was not the case in Europe with it's smaller land mass, hence the more wide spread cases there.
Canada has a much more extensive animal ID system than we do, they are at least 4 years ahead with that database. There is no problem with importing Canadian beef.
Prairie
75% of the state is infected with Mad Libturd disease. That's why Kalifornia is a libturd hellhole with DIMWITS in charge!
Her case is advanced. :)
I am in no way qualified to say either way.
This disease is too well known! :)
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