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UN report draws parallels to early stages of AIDS explosion; Long incubation allows stealthy spread

PARIS -- Mad cow disease has joined AIDS as a major public health challenge facing the world, an international conference was told yesterday.

And just as governments imposed safety measures -- even without scientific justification -- to prevent the spread of AIDS two decades ago, so too must governments take precautionary action now to limit the spread of the human form of mad cow disease. read more