ABSTRACT
During a Consultation on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSES), which was convened in Geneva on 2-3 April 1996, a group of international experts reviewed the public health issues related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the emergence of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (V-CJD) in humans, as officially reported by the United Kingdom on 20 March 1996, and made recommendations for the protection of public health.
