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Work in progress in the Neurology Department at Middlesbrough General Hospital. The hospital is trying to trace 24 patients who could have been exposed to a fatal brain disease through contaminated instruments. * when a patient subsequently diagnosed with sporadic CJD, underwent neuro-surgery during the summer. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) accounts for about 85% of all casesof the illness and, although it can prove fatal, it can also have an incubation period of up to 20 years. It is not to be confused with variant CJD, which is the human form of BSE, and potentially linked to Stock Photo

RMG63X74–Work in progress in the Neurology Department at Middlesbrough General Hospital. The hospital is trying to trace 24 patients who could have been exposed to a fatal brain disease through contaminated instruments. * when a patient subsequently diagnosed with sporadic CJD, underwent neuro-surgery during the summer. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) accounts for about 85% of all casesof the illness and, although it can prove fatal, it can also have an incubation period of up to 20 years. It is not to be confused with variant CJD, which is the human form of BSE, and potentially linked to

London, England, UK. Plaque commemorating the victims of BSE on the south bank of the Thames Stock Photo

RMEFX8ME–London, England, UK. Plaque commemorating the victims of BSE on the south bank of the Thames

Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Stock Photo

RMBW8B7Y–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Plaque in memory of victims of Human BSE, enveloped by National Covid Memorial Wall in Lambeth, London. Red hearts representing deaths from COVID 19 Stock Photo

RM2JCGJ6E–Plaque in memory of victims of Human BSE, enveloped by National Covid Memorial Wall in Lambeth, London. Red hearts representing deaths from COVID 19

The National Human BSE vCJD Memorial, North Wing, Lambeth Palace Rd, London, England, UK, SE1 3FT Stock Photo

RM2K7NBHP–The National Human BSE vCJD Memorial, North Wing, Lambeth Palace Rd, London, England, UK, SE1 3FT

Cows silhouetted against a yellow sky. Picture by Jim Holden. Stock Photo

RMAJM86P–Cows silhouetted against a yellow sky. Picture by Jim Holden.

A Scientist examining a screen with a segment of brain displayed showing the incidence of CJD on a human brain (indicated with black rings round the white cells). The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been monitored in the UK by the National CJD surveillance unit based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The unit brought together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists specialising in the investigation of this disease Stock Photo

RM2BAR4BT–A Scientist examining a screen with a segment of brain displayed showing the incidence of CJD on a human brain (indicated with black rings round the white cells). The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been monitored in the UK by the National CJD surveillance unit based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The unit brought together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists specialising in the investigation of this disease

Cows slaughtered on farm in Gloucestershire England due to suspected case of Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy BSE Stock Photo

RMA0DXE9–Cows slaughtered on farm in Gloucestershire England due to suspected case of Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy BSE

RMG63X73–Work in progress in the Neurology Department at Middlesbrough General Hospital. The hospital is trying to trace 24 patients who could have been exposed to a fatal brain disease through contaminated instruments. * when a patient subsequently diagnosed with sporadic CJD, underwent neuro-surgery during the summer. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) accounts for about 85% of all casesof the illness and, although it can prove fatal, it can also have an incubation period of up to 20 years. It is not to be confused with variant CJD, which is the human form of BSE, and potentially linked to

RMBW8B5P–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

A donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FC01–A donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B8R–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

RM2F7FBYP–A donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B6T–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Plasma donor Martin Rengger, 51, of Weybridge, Surrey with his bag of plasma, the first collected in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9N3–Plasma donor Martin Rengger, 51, of Weybridge, Surrey with his bag of plasma, the first collected in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B67–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

The screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FCAP–The screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B85–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

RM2F7F9N4–Plasma donor Martin Rengger, 51, of Weybridge, Surrey with his bag of plasma, the first collected in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B7A–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Richard Robinson, 46, from Teddington, donates blood plasma for medicines which is being done for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F5BJ–Richard Robinson, 46, from Teddington, donates blood plasma for medicines which is being done for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RMBW8B53–Protest outside Downing Street to call for justice for people who have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Donor carers manipulate the screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FC1P–Donor carers manipulate the screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

Martin Rengger, 51, from Weybridge, Surrey, donates blood plasma for medicines which is being done for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F5A7–Martin Rengger, 51, from Weybridge, Surrey, donates blood plasma for medicines which is being done for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RM2F7F9KG–Martin Rengger, 51, from Weybridge, Surrey, donates blood plasma for medicines which is being done for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor carer manipulates an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9KA–A donor carer manipulates an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor is connected to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FC02–A donor is connected to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A bag of plasma hangs above an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood, as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FC1R–A bag of plasma hangs above an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood, as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RM2F7FC24–A donor is connected to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

The casette of an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood, as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9KF–The casette of an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood, as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor carer connects a donor to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FBYF–A donor carer connects a donor to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor carer holds vials of blood in front of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FBYE–A donor carer holds vials of blood in front of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

Donor carer supervisor Kerry McGrady (left) presents donor Martin Rengger (right), 51, of Weybridge, Surrey with his bag of plasma, the first collected in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9N2–Donor carer supervisor Kerry McGrady (left) presents donor Martin Rengger (right), 51, of Weybridge, Surrey with his bag of plasma, the first collected in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor carer begins drawing blood into an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9KC–A donor carer begins drawing blood into an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

Donor Martin Rengger, 51, from Weybridge, Surrey is connected to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FBYM–Donor Martin Rengger, 51, from Weybridge, Surrey is connected to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed 'mad cow disease' – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

A donor carer manipulates the screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9KK–A donor carer manipulates the screen of an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RM2F7F9MX–A bag of plasma hangs above an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood, as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

Donor carer Gregory Wasik (left) monitors an apheresis machine which is separating plasma from the blood of donor Martin Rengger (right), as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7F9KE–Donor carer Gregory Wasik (left) monitors an apheresis machine which is separating plasma from the blood of donor Martin Rengger (right), as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

Donor carer Gregory Wasik connects donor Martin Rengger (right), 51, from Weybridge, Surrey to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. Stock Photo

RM2F7FBY2–Donor carer Gregory Wasik connects donor Martin Rengger (right), 51, from Weybridge, Surrey to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

RM2F7FBY5–Donor carer Gregory Wasik connects donor Martin Rengger (right), 51, from Weybridge, Surrey to an apheresis machine which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE Ð dubbed 'mad cow disease' Ð known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

The final official public health report of the investigation into the North Leicestershire cluster of CJD in Queniborough. The report claims age-old practices at small slaughterhouses and butchers are to blame for a cluster of deaths from the human form of CJD. * Traditional techniques at small abattoirs linked to local butchers led to five people dying in the Leicestershire village of Queniborough from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official investigation said the victims had all eaten beef that had been contaminated by BSE-infected animal brains. Stock Photo

RMG5ADER–The final official public health report of the investigation into the North Leicestershire cluster of CJD in Queniborough. The report claims age-old practices at small slaughterhouses and butchers are to blame for a cluster of deaths from the human form of CJD. * Traditional techniques at small abattoirs linked to local butchers led to five people dying in the Leicestershire village of Queniborough from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official investigation said the victims had all eaten beef that had been contaminated by BSE-infected animal brains.

Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell, MP for Charnwood, reacts to the publication of a report into a cluster of CJD deaths in his constituency at Queniborough. *... Age-old practices at small slaughterhouses and butchers were blamed for a cluster of deaths from the human form of mad cow disease, the report found. Traditional techniques at small abattoirs linked to local butchers led to five people dying in the village of Queniborough from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the official public health report into the cluster said. Stock Photo

RMG5ADJY–Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell, MP for Charnwood, reacts to the publication of a report into a cluster of CJD deaths in his constituency at Queniborough. *... Age-old practices at small slaughterhouses and butchers were blamed for a cluster of deaths from the human form of mad cow disease, the report found. Traditional techniques at small abattoirs linked to local butchers led to five people dying in the village of Queniborough from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the official public health report into the cluster said.