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| 040 | |aCaOODSP|beng |
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| 086 | 1 |aHP40-183/2009E-PDF |
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| 245 | 00|aCJD and human prion disease |h[electronic resource]. |
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| 260 | |a[Ottawa : |bPublic Health Agency of Canada], Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System in Canada, |c[2009] |
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| 300 | |a11 p. : |bill. |
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| 500 | |aIssued also in French under title: La MCJ et les maladies humaines à prion. |
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| 520 | |a"Prion (pronounced “pree-on”, or “pry-on”) diseases are rare, fatal brain disorders, affecting humans and certain animals. Although they can develop from various causes, once developed these diseases can be transmitted (like infections) between individuals of the same or different species. Prion diseases began attracting public attention in the mid 1980s, due to BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), a prion disease of cattle. Although the origin of the disease remains unknown, the BSE epidemic was spread by contamination of animal feed with tissues from BSE-infected cattle. In humans, the best-known prion disease is CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), which strikes about one to two in a million persons each year, resulting in around 35 new cases a year in Canada. ..."--Intro. |
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| 692 | 07|2gccst|aInfectious diseases |
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| 710 | 2 |aCanadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System. |
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| 710 | 2 |aPublic Health Agency of Canada. |
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| 775 | 08|tLa MCJ et les maladies humaines à prion |w(CaOODSP)9.840979 |
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| 856 | 40|qPDF|s131 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aspc-phac/HP40-183-2009-eng.pdf |
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