Woman's death shows symptoms of mad cow disease, more tests needed

The mad-cow-disease (BSE) may have been the cause of death of a 63-years-old woman from Opole, which would be the first case of a BSE-related death in Poland. Doctors are reluctant to discuss the issue, explaining that in several weeks' time examination of the samples will shed some light on the cause of the woman's death, which could have also resulted from a different kind of a central nervous system disease. As reported by veterinaries from the region, no cases of animals infected the disease had been reported. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1) A.Z.