Health officials blame hamburger for CJD case
Health officials investigating the country's first case of variant CJD believe the victim contracted the brain disease from eating a hamburger.
Doctors believe the 23-year-old consumed the contaminated beef around eight years ago, but the source of the beef has not yet been established.
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