Mad cows playing man in Switzerland

The number of people dying from mad cow disease has increased considerably in Switzerland in the last two years. Therefore, scientists will investigate whether there has been a new variant of mad cow disease that has reached humans.

Mad cow disease reached Switzerland between 1995 and 96. Since then and until 2000, every year between 8 and 11 million inhabitants of Switzerland have died from CJD, a mad cow disease that affects humans. In 2001, 19 people suffered from CJD and 7 in the first three months of this year. Obviously, much more than in previous years. Scientists now begin work to analyze the causes of this increase.

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