Tonsil tests suggest thousands harbour vCJD
May 21, 2004 | Source: NewScientist.com News
Almost 4000 Britons aged between 10 and 30 may be harboring the prion proteins that cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease.
The estimate is speculative since it’s based on extrapolation from only three infected tonsil or appendix samples.