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Risk of Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Humans in the United States, Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs JAMA 281:2330-2339, Tan,L.,et al, 1999 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Current risk of transmission of BSE in the United States is minimal because (1) BSE has not been shown to exist in this country; (2) adequate regulations exist to prevent entry of foreign sources of BSE into the United States; (3) adequate r egulations exist to prevent undetected cases of BSE from uncontrolled amplification within the US cattle population; and (4) adequate preventive guidelines exist to prevent high-risk bovine materials from contaminating products intended for human consumpt ion.

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