No Mad Cow Disease In Iowa, Says Widow Of Brain Disease Victim
The Charles City, Iowa man who died on New Year's Eve will go down as a victim of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and NOT the variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, linked to eating beef infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease.
The reason we say it will go down that way is because ONLY those cases in people under age 55 are investigated, to ensure that it's not the human variant of mad cow disease. The deceased is Tom Squier, age 60.
His widow, Paula Squier, 55, of Charles City, told the Cedar Rapids Gazette there is no "mad cow disease" outbreak in Iowa. She said every test her husband had before he died indicated it was sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
"There's no risk to anyone else," said state epidemiologist Dr. Patricia Quinlisk. "We've never had a human case of mad cow disease in Iowa."
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