Originally published January 12 2006
Second case of mad cow disease in U.S. found in Houston
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Associated Press reports that a British man who lived in Houston for four years is now displaying the symptoms of mad cow disease and is currently being treated in the UK.
The federal Centers for Disease Control announced Monday that a British man has been diagnosed with the human form of mad cow disease -the second documented U.S. case of the illness.
Health officials say the man most likely contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom.
However, he began to show symptoms while living in Houston, so he will be listed as a U.S. case, reports The Associated Press.
"Almost certainly, this case represents a continuation of the outbreak that is going on in the United Kingdom," said Lawrence B. Schonberger, a CDC medical epidemiologist.
After living in Houston for four years, the man returned to the UK earlier this year.
The disease is contracted by eating the brain or other nervous system tissue of an animal infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
The first documented U.S. case was a British woman living in Florida.
She was also believed to have contracted the disease in Britain.
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