Here,
Harash Narang, a long-time researcher into these and the other spongiform encephalopathy
diseases (Kuru, Mink encephalopathy, etc.) explains, in detail, their history,
incidence, epidemiology and pathology and provides a greater understanding of
the causative virus and the difficulties faced in its eradication.
In
this book. Harash Narang, after outlining the symptoms, diagnosis and need for
understanding of the disease, has colected together the first-hand accounts
of the relatives of many recent CJD victims in the belife that a wider knowledge
of its every aspect can only be of benifit to all concerned: the families of
victims in helping them be aware of the need for professional diagnosis: Hospital
staff in their daily contacts with both the invalid and the distraught family:
finally, those on whose shoulders falls the burden of caring for the victims.
