Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Title

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

20 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:01:00

Description

House of Commons statement by Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell on the findings of a committee set up to analyse the transmission pattern of CJD, which has now struck ten people under 42 years of age within the UK.

Further information

http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1996/03/20003001.pdf

Contributors

Stephen Dorrell

Keywords

Government; Health; Conservative Party; Meat; Illness; Transmission; CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Animal products; BSE; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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