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Brazil investigating two possible cases of mad cow disease in humans
Reuters
Publishing date:
Nov 11, 2021 • 19 hours ago • 1 minute read •
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said that two cases reported on Thursday of a neurodegenerative disorder in patients in Rio de Janeiro state were not related to beef consumption, tamping down fears of possible “mad cow” disease causing human illness.
On Sept. 4, Brazil confirmed two cases of what it called “atypical” mad cow disease in animals, triggering a suspension of beef exports to China under a standing bilateral agreement.
At the time, the Agriculture Ministry stressed that the two cases identified in meat plants in the states of Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais had generated spontaneously and were not related to contaminated feed, as in classic mad cow disease.
On Thursday, the ministry said the two cases of suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans had “no relation with consumption of beef or subproducts contaminated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, known as ‘Mad Cow’ disease.”
Earlier, municipal health authorities in the city of Rio said federal biomedical institute Fiocruz had flagged two cases of “prion disease,” which can occur spontaneously in elderly patients or by eating contaminated beef in younger populations. Creutzfeldt-Jakob is the most common form of prion disease in humans...
Brazil investigating two possible cases of mad cow disease in humans
Reuters
Publishing date:
Nov 11, 2021 • 19 hours ago • 1 minute read •
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said that two cases reported on Thursday of a neurodegenerative disorder in patients in Rio de Janeiro state were not related to beef consumption, tamping down fears of possible “mad cow” disease causing human illness.
On Sept. 4, Brazil confirmed two cases of what it called “atypical” mad cow disease in animals, triggering a suspension of beef exports to China under a standing bilateral agreement.
At the time, the Agriculture Ministry stressed that the two cases identified in meat plants in the states of Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais had generated spontaneously and were not related to contaminated feed, as in classic mad cow disease.
On Thursday, the ministry said the two cases of suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans had “no relation with consumption of beef or subproducts contaminated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, known as ‘Mad Cow’ disease.”
Earlier, municipal health authorities in the city of Rio said federal biomedical institute Fiocruz had flagged two cases of “prion disease,” which can occur spontaneously in elderly patients or by eating contaminated beef in younger populations. Creutzfeldt-Jakob is the most common form of prion disease in humans...