Author: Jennifer CookePublisher: Jennifer Cooke
ISBN: 9780091836917
Category : Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This story begins and ends in morgues. It is a chilling medical detective story which traces the explosion of accidentally-acquired CJD (Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease) in humans from the highlands of PNG to fertility programmes in Australia and to the British dining table . It deals with the key characters involved in parallel epidemics both of which first became public knowdege in April 1985. The announcement of a probable beef-related epidemic of a so-called "new-variant" of CJD (Mad Cow's Disease) on March 20, 1996 forced the British Government to admit there may be a lethal contamination of the country's meat products. While the British struggle to allay public fears over beef products, the world also faces a growing epidemic of accidental medical transmission of CJD. This is a disease which kills as devestatingly as AIDS, and as surely as the Ebola virus - but it has a symptom free incubation period that means a generation could pass before the chilling signs of infection emerge. As compelling as a science fiction thriller, this story has serious implications for Australia and countries around the world.