Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
 CDC's Issues in Healthcare SettingsLink to DHQP Home PageLink to Issues in Healthcare Settings  Index
-CJD

Looking for a specific Healthcare Issue?
Try our Index!
Main Topics
About DHQP
Antimicrobial
Resistance
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Child Care
Dialysis
Guidelines and
Recommendations
Infectious Diseases
Laboratory
Occupational Health
Outbreaks
Sterilization and Disinfection
Surveillance
Training
Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Settings
 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

 
Fact Sheets

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder believed to be caused by an abnormal isoform of a cellular glycoprotein known as the prion protein. CJD occurs worldwide and the estimated annual incidence in many countries, including the United States, has been reported to be about one case per million population.
Continue

Need more info?
Try CDC's:

Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases

 

 

 Questions and Answers Regarding Infection-Control Practices
 
Scientific Publications (by date)
 Emergence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Related Diseases EID Journal 1998
 CJD Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts MMWR 1997
 Is CJD Transmitted in Blood? EID Journal 1997
 The Epidemiology of CJD in Canada EID Journal 1997
 CJD in the United States, 1979-1994 EID Journal 1996
 World Health Organization Consultation on Public Health Issues Related to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and the Emergence of a New Variant of CJD MMWR 1996
 



DHQP Home | DHQP Index

NCID Home
| CDC Home | CDC Search | CDC Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed July 10, 2001

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Privacy Policy | Accessibility