variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — the human form of mad cow disease

Portsmouth woman’s death under investigation

April 11, 2008

RICHMOND – The illness and Wednesday death of a Portsmouth woman spurred a Virginia Department of Health investigation Thursday.

The woman suffered from encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. Her illness has been linked in news reports to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — the human form of mad cow disease.

It’s a very rare condition related to the consumption of beef infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It’s always fatal, the health department said in a news release.

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variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — the human form of mad cow disease

Portsmouth woman’s death under investigation

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