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31 minutes ago, rotuts said:what's the time constant ( ingestion to symptoms ) in mad cow ?
hopefully prions are only in the cns .
I found a paper where people got CJD from a corneal transplant (which isn't CNS of course). The time to detecting CJD was 3 to 18 years.
So not mad cow, but a similar disease where exposure date was known
28 minutes ago, rotuts said:what's the time constant ( ingestion to symptoms ) in mad cow ?
hopefully prions are only in the cns .
I found a paper where people got CJD from a corneal transplant (which isn't CNS of course). The time to detecting CJD was 3 to 18 years.
