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Risks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease in the United States

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Johnson, R.T. Risks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease in the United States. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2, 97–99 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-002-0014-5

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