Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: update to December 2012

Authors

  • Genevieve M Klug Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Alison Boyd Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Teresa Zhao Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Christiane Stehmann Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Marion Simpson Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Catriona McLean Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia

  • Colin L Masters Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

  • Steven J Collins Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia


DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2013.37.16

Keywords:

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

Abstract

Nation-wide surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is undertaken by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Registry (ANCJDR), based at the University of Melbourne. Surveillance has been undertaken since 1993. During this period 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 CJD and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the health care setting. In 2012, routine surveillance continued. This brief report provides an update on the surveillance data collected by the ANCJDR prospectively from 1993 to December 2012, and retrospectively to 1970. It also highlights the recent release of the revised Australian CJD Infection Control Guidelines.

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Published

01/06/13

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Klug, Genevieve M, Alison Boyd, Teresa Zhao, Christiane Stehmann, Marion Simpson, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, and Steven J Collins. 2013. “Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Australia: Update to December 2012”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 37 (June):115-`120. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2013.37.16.

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Vol. 37 (2013)

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