新型克-雅氏病是人的牛海绵状脑病

本文在概述人朊病毒的基础上，重点阐述新型克－雅氏病与早先已知的各种人朊病毒病的区别和它是由牛海绵状脑病朊病毒引起的证据，并对牛海绵状脑病并非源于痒病而是原于牛散发性朊病毒病、影响新型克－雅氏病流行规模的主要因素和该病的主要预防措施等问题进行了讨论。

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease-Human Manifestation of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) is a new disease firstly described in April, 1996 in the United Kingdom. On the basis of a brief account of human prion diseases, this paper elucidates the differences between vCJD and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and presents the evidence conforming that vCJD is caused by the BSE agent. In addition, the origin of BSE (it was not derived from scrapie), some important factors determining epidemic scale of vCJD and key preventive measures of vCJD are discussed.