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Kenya records first case of rare mad cow disease in human
HEALTH & SCIENCE
The first case of an extremely rare mad cow-like disease, which affects the nervous system and usually is fatal has been reported in Kenya.
The case of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) referred to a major teaching hospital in Nairobi is the first to be reported in East Africa.
“We report the case of a 57-year-old male with a three-week history of losing direction when driving home and visual hallucinations described as seeing rainbows,” said the attending doctors.
While other variants have been suspected in the country, the doctors say it is the first time this extremely rare form called the Heidenhain variant is recorded in East Africa.