Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia, update to December 2013

Authors

  • Genevieve M Klug Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Alison Boyd Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Shannon Sarros Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Christiane Stehmann Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Marion Simpson Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Catriona McLean Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria; The Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Victoria
  • Colin L Masters Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Steven J Collins Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2014.38.56

Keywords:

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prion disease, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, disease surveillance

Abstract

Nation-wide surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, based at the University of Melbourne. Surveillance has been undertaken since 1993. Over this dynamic period in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy research and understanding, the unit has evolved and adapted to changes in surveillance practices and requirements, the emergence of new disease subtypes, improvements in diagnostic capabilities and the overall heightened awareness and understanding of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the health care setting. In 2013, routine surveillance continued and this brief report provides an update of the surveillance data collected by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry prospectively from 1993 to December 2013, and retrospectively to 1970. The report highlights the recent multi-national collaborative study published that has verified the correlation between surveillance intensity and reported disease incidence. Commun Dis Intell 2014;38(4):E348–E355.

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01/12/14

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Klug, Genevieve M, Alison Boyd, Shannon Sarros, Christiane Stehmann, Marion Simpson, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, and Steven J Collins. 2014. “Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance in Australia, Update to December 2013”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 38 (December):348-55. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2014.38.56.

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