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thelancet.com today - Saturday September 3 2005

New theory suggests that BSE may have originated from a human form of the

diseaseAnimal feed contaminated with human remains may have caused the first

cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), suggests a hypothesis. Alan

Colchester and Nancy Colchester propose a new theory consisting of three

hypotheses: that human TSE-contaminated material was the cause of BSE; that

this was transmitted orally via animal feed; and that the infective material

originated from the Indian subcontinent. They present circumstantial evidence

showing that human material was imported into the UK from India with other

animal remains for the production of animal feed over a long period. They also

propose that human TSE and BSE strain characteristics have sufficient

similarities to be consistent with their hypothesis.

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