Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Australian surveillance update to March 2007

Authors

  • Genevieve M Klug Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Alison Boyd Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Victoria Lewis Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Samantha L Douglas Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Helene Roberts Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Rebecca Argent Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Colin L Masters Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
  • Steven J Collins Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2007.31.15

Keywords:

communicable diseases, cjd, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Abstract

From October 1993, prospective, national surveillance of the rare class of neurodegenerative diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) has been performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry. Surveillance of TSEs prior to October 1993, involved the retrospective ascertainment of TSE cases from 1970 to 1993. In this report, surveillance data for 2006 are presented in detail and compared to cumulative national TSE ascertainment as well as international experience. The higher incidence of TSEs in 2006 is not without precedent and can be attributed to higher referrals and consequent post-mortem rates. Commun Dis Intell 2007;31:194–197.

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01/06/07

How to Cite

Klug, Genevieve M, Alison Boyd, Victoria Lewis, Samantha L Douglas, Helene Roberts, Rebecca Argent, Colin L Masters, and Steven J Collins. 2007. “Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Australian Surveillance Update to March 2007”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 31 (June):194-97. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2007.31.15.

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Vol. 31 (2007)

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