Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: update to December 2011

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
  • Amelia McGlade Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Christiane Stehmann Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Marion Simpson Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Colin L Masters Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, 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.2012.36.12

Keywords:

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, surveillance, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Abstract

The Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Registry (ANCJDR) is a Commonwealth Government-funded surveillance unit, responsible for the ascertainment of all cases of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (also known as prion diseases) in Australia. Having been in operation for 18 years, the activities of the ANCJDR have evolved and expanded over this timeframe, with the ANCJDR providing clinical, diagnostic and infection control advice and service. This update provides a review of the activities of the ANCJDR during 2011 and analysis of both prospective and retrospective (to 1970) data collected from 1993 to 31 December 2011. Commun Dis Intell 2012;36(2):E174–E179.

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01/06/12

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Klug, Genevieve M, Alison Boyd, Amelia McGlade, Christiane Stehmann, Marion Simpson, Colin L Masters, and Steven J Collins. 2012. “Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Australia: Update to December 2011”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 36 (June):174-79. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2012.36.12.

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Vol. 36 (2012)

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