First U.S. Resident Diagnosed With Mad Cow

ABC NEWS ^ | April 18 2002 | ABC NEWS

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

First U.S. Resident Diagnosed With Mad Cow
Officials Believe 22-Year-Old Was Infected in Britain

April 18 — What could be the first case of mad cow disease in a resident of the United States has been diagnosed in a 22-year-old British citizen living in Florida, state and federal officials said todayThe Florida Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating the likely case of a rare form of mad cow called new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.

The diagnosis of the deadly infection was made at a hospital in England and the woman has since returned to the United States, the CDC said in a statement.

A preliminary analysis of information provided by English doctors indicates the woman's condition is consistent with variant of the disease, and she is believed to have been infected overseas, the CDC said.

The only way to confirm the diagnosis is through a brain biopsy or in an autopsy.

New variant mad cow is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder that emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s.

The CDC said there is no evidence that the disease has ever been transmitted from person to person. It is believed to spread from eating cattle products contaminated with the agent that causes the disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

No case of this disease has ever been identified in the United States by the Department of Agriculture.

Officials were expected to hold a news conference on the case later today

[Leisler]

Last name wasn't Gore was it?

[Squantos]

Joan Collins ??

[Poohbah]

Naw, the last name's gotta be McCain...

[My2Cents]

Daschel, having a barbeque with McCain, Gore, and Joan Collins as guests.

[Grampa Dave]

What could be the first case of mad cow disease in a resident of the United States has been diagnosed in a 22-year-old British citizen living in Florida.

The diagnosis of the deadly infection was made at a hospital in England and the woman has since returned to the United States, the CDC said in a statement.

A preliminary analysis of information provided by English doctors indicates the woman's condition is consistent with variant of the disease, and she is believed to have been infected overseas, the CDC said.

To avoid this syndrome, don't eat beef in the UK or from the UK.

[Lizavetta]

And here's the little woman now:

[Saundra Duffy]

What are the symptoms? What is the diagnosis? Inquiring minds must know!

[spqrzilla9]

I'm still not convinced that bovine spongiform encephelopy causes vCJD disease. The "link" is too speculative. The mechanism undefined and the disease is very rare. There have been estimates that as much as 40% of British beef had BSE and yet the cases of vCJD number in the hundreds.

[ex-snook]

Know why it was called Mad Cow disease? (Because PMS was already used). Well that's what I heard.

[Saundra Duffy]

I did not mean "diagnosis"; I meant to say, "PROGNOSIS" - what's the PROGNOSIS? Whew!

[Dengar01]

Oh it has to be Jerold Nadler he eats more than anyone. It has to be him.

[aristeides]

Long incubation period?

[floriduh voter]

No, Algor had "Sweaty Steer Disease". Further, in Florida, we're having outbreaks of Hepatitis A at two restaurants in different towns. I wonder where that's coming from all of a sudden? And the Amtrak derailment. Visit Florida, explore the wild. And, it's alligator MATING SEASON. Look out. LOL

[My2Cents]

What are the symptoms? What is the diagnosis? Inquiring minds must know!

An inability to read a butterfly ballot.

[Jhoffa_]

Bovine spongform is a horrible disease.

It perforates the brain causing insanity and then death.

I sincerely hope we see no more of this. It would be incredible to know this was happening to your brain and be powerless to stop it.

[My2Cents]

Gore has "Bull S--t Disease."

[sonserae]

ping...

[facedown]

I'm still not convinced that bovine spongiform encephelopy causes vCJD disease. The "link" is too speculative. The mechanism undefined and the disease is very rare. There have been estimates that as much as 40% of British beef had BSE and yet the cases of vCJD number in the hundreds.

The superficial similarity of symptoms coupled with public gullibility is what fuels this stampede.

[DainBramage]

It's fairly easy to detect

Happy Cow...........Mad Cow