Suspected ‘Mad Cow’ Disease Claims Teen
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A French teenager believed to have been suffering from the human variant of “mad cow” disease has died after slowly losing the ability to walk, speak and breathe.
Arnaud Eboli, 19, died after fighting the brain-wasting ailment for more than two years, according to the Assn. of Victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
“He died in appalling conditions. He looked like an old man,” his mother said. Nearly 100 people have died in Europe from the disease--about 90 in Britain, three in France and one in Ireland.
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