NEW ZEALAND: First suspected case of CJD under investigation
By: just-food.com | 7 August 2003
Health officials said today [Thursday] that New Zealand may have its first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
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Health officials said today [Thursday] that New Zealand may have its first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
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