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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Not Related to a Common Venue - New Jersey, 1995 - 2004
NEW!
(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 7, 2004)
Chronic Wasting Disease and Potential Transmission to Humans NEW!
(Emerging Infectious Diseases June 2004)
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Dairy Cow - Washington State,
2003
(Jan. 12, 2004)
Includes information about the BSE, classic vs variant CJD,
and CDC surveillance for prion diseases
Preliminary
Investigation Suggests BSE-Infected Cow in Washington State
Was Likely Imported from Canada (Dec. 29, 2003)
Q&A
Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD)
UPDATED! (Dec. 29, 2003)
Probable
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a U.S. Resident -
Florida, 2002
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease July 2002
Variant CJD: Fact Sheet UPDATED! (Dec.
29, 2003)
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Since 1996, evidence has been increasing for a causal relationship between ongoing outbreaks in Europe of a disease in cattle, called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease"), and a disease in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Both disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation periods measured in years, and are caused by an unconventional transmissible agent.
On December 23, 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a presumptive diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow" disease) in an adult Holstein cow from Washington State. The diagnosis was confirmed by an international reference laboratory in Weybridge, England, on December 25. Preliminary trace-back based on an ear-tag identification number suggests that the BSE-infected cow was imported into the United States from Canada in August 2001.
Articles
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Questions
and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD)
Questions
and Answers Regarding Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Infection-Control Practices
Variant
CJD: Fact Sheet UPDATED! (Dec.
29, 2003)
Press
Release: CDC and Florida Department of Health investigate a likely case
of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in a U.K. citizen residing in the
U.S. April 18, 2002
Additional Information
From CDC
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Not Related to a Common Venue - New Jersey, 1995 - 2004 NEW!
(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 7, 2004)
Chronic Wasting Disease and Potential Transmission to Humans NEW! (Emerging Infectious Diseases June 2004)
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Dairy Cow - Washington State, 2003
(Jan. 12, 2004)
Includes information about the BSE, classic vs variant CJD, and CDC surveillance
for prion diseases
Probable
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a U.S. Resident
-- Florida, 2002 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR),
October 18, 2002;51(41):927-929.
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background,
Evolution, and Current Concerns.
Emerging
Infectious Diseases Journal (EID), January-February 2001.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts. Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), November 14, 1997;46(45):1066-1069.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data
to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases. Emerging
Infectious Diseases Journal (EID), October-December 1996;2(4):333-337.
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Surveillance
for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR), August 9, 1996;45(31):665-668.
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Web pages found at these links. Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease in Unusually Young Patients Who Consumed Venison. Archives
of Neurology, October 2001;58:1673-1678.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease in the United States: 1979-1998.
Journal of the American Medical Association, November 8, 2000;
284(18).
National
Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
(from the Division of Neuropathology, Case Western Reserve University.
New variant CJD surveillance system in collaboration with CDC.)
California
CJD Surveillance Project
Ongoing review
of CJD mortality data to monitor for any increase in the occurrence of
CJD. Review of pertinent clinical and neuropathologic records of CJD cases
in persons under age 55 years and investigate CJD cases with possible
environmental or unusual sources of infection
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (from the Center for Veterinary Medicine,
United States Food and Drug Administration. Updates, guidelines, federal
register notices, and additional topics, including information on the
mammalian-to-ruminant feed ban.)
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (from the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture)
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy Testing (from the National Veterinary Services
Laboratories, United States Department of Agriculture, guidance on submission
of rabies-negative brain samples from rabies testing laboratories to
the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy immunohistochemistry testing)
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BSE
(from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, United Kingdom)
University
of California, San Francisco: Memory and Aging Center. Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease Website. March 17, 2003.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease Foundation, Inc.
The
UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (from the University
of Edinburgh, Scotland)
WHO
Infection Control Guidelines for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies:
Report of a WHO Consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-26 March 1999
(from the World Health Organization)
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