Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

• Latest News
• Filter Removes Mad Cow Agent From Blood (11/03/2004, United Press International)
• Human Variant of Mad Cow Found in Ireland (10/25/2004, United Press International)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary

• Overviews
• Consumer Questions and Answers about BSE (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Questions and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (National Center for Infectious Diseases)

• Specific Conditions
• Chronic Wasting Disease: A Threat to Humans? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• New Variant CJD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Questions and Answers on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)

• Related Issues
• Information for People Treated with NHPP Human Growth Hormone (hGH) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• Research
• NIAID Research on Prion Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Study of Growth Hormone Treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Underscores Need for Prevention of Adrenal Crises (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Prion disease (National Library of Medicine)

• Organizations
• Dept. of Agriculture
  Also available in: Spanish
• Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Food and Drug Administration
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

• Law and Policy
• Agencies Work to Corral Mad Cow Disease (Food and Drug Administration)
• Fact Sheet: BSE Legislative Update (Food and Drug Administration)

• Statistics
• Annual Incidence Rate of BSE in Countries that Have Reported Cases (Office International des Epizooties)