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	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
		CJD belongs to a family of human and animal diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
		CJD is the most common of the known human TSEs.
		CJD cannot be transmitted through the air or through touching or most other forms of casual contact.
	www.ninds.nih.gov /disorders/cjd/detail_cjd.htm (2470 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although CJD is the most common human prion disease, it is still rare and only occurs in about one out of every one million people.
		The symptoms of CJD are caused by the progressive death of the brain's nerve cells, which is associated with the build-up of abnormal prion proteins.
		The diagnosis of CJD is suspected when there are typical clinical symptoms and signs such as rapidly progressing dementia with myoclonus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease (1990 words)

	UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
		This is centred on the National CJD Reporting Form to be faxed, by the notifying clinician, to the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU), the National Prion Clinic (NPC) and the local CCDC.
		The neuropathology of CJD as observed in the CJD surveillance unit laboratory.
		CJD Alliance is an independently run organisation involved in TSE's such as CJD - its key interests are in early diagnosis and treatment issues.
	www.cjd.ed.ac.uk (1148 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
		CJD belongs to a family of human and animal diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
		In a few very rare cases, CJD has spread to other people from grafts of dura mater (a tissue that covers the brain), transplanted corneas, implantation of inadequately sterilized electrodes in the brain, and injections of contaminated pituitary growth hormone derived from human pituitary glands taken from cadavers.
		To reduce the already very low risk of CJD transmission from one person to another, people should never donate blood, tissues, or organs if they have suspected or confirmed CJD, or if they are at increased risk because of a family history of the disease, a dura mater graft, or other factor.
	healthlink.mcw.edu /article/921396214.html (2304 words)

	CJD : Medical Dictionary Abbreviations and Acronymns - WrongDiagnosis.com
		CJD (condition): Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare 1-in-a-million disease that occurs spontaneously, with 10-15% inheritance, and unrelated to animal diseases.
		CJD is a rare brain disease in humans caused by abnormal brain proteins (prions).
		CJD is not usually contagious, except rarely by direct exposure to the brain (such as brain surgery).
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical-dictionary/cjd.htm (326 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
		Because a correct diagnosis of CJD does not help the patient, a brain biopsy is discouraged unless it is need to rule out a treatable disorder.
		While CJD can be transmitted to other people, the risk of this happening is extremely small.
		The leading scientific theory at this time maintains that CJD is caused by a type of protein called a prion.
	www.ninds.nih.gov /disorders/cjd/cjd.htm (601 words)

	Introduction to CJD
		Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease of unknown cause.
		The success of those studies and the recognition that the neuropathological changes in kuru were similar to those of CJD, was followed by the transmission of CJD to the chimpanzee by intracerebral inoculation of brain tissue.
		In 1974 a case of iatrogenic CJD due to corneal transplantation occurred and subsequently contaminated neuro-surgical instruments, dural grafts, and brain depth electrodes have all been recognised as transmitting the disease.
	www.cjd.ed.ac.uk /intro.htm (817 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
		Inherited CJD is caused by a faulty gene, and is passed down from parents to their children.
		All forms of CJD are caused by the presence of a faulty protein in the brain.
		CJD is in the same group of diseases as other human diseases such as kuru (which used to be found in a tribe in Papua New Guinea) and the sheep disease scrapie.
	hcd2.bupa.co.uk /fact_sheets/html/cjd.html (1331 words)

	Prionics AG - CJD
		CJD is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative condition that occurs in humans worldwide.
		Sporadic CJD, the most common subtype (approximately 85% of cases), usually affects individuals between the age of 50 and 75, and is characterised by a rapidly progressive dementia.
		Hereditary CJD, including Fatal Familial Insomnia and Familial CJD (approximately 10-15% of cases) is an inherited disease associated with mutations in the PrP gene.
	www.prionics.ch /prionics-i-priondisease-cjd.htm (368 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
		CJD is the human form of TSE or prion disease.
		Variant CJD is linked to an epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or ‘mad cow disease’, as it is known in the media.
		CJD is sometimes referred to as a slow virus.
	www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au /bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Creutzfeldt_Jakob_disease (1359 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - the facts: IDEAS - Victorian Government Health Information, Australia
		CJD is the main human form of prion diseases.
		The disease is not always passed on; each child born from a parent carrying genetic CJD has a 50 per cent chance of inheriting the disease-causing mutation.
		CJD is not transmitted by casual contact like drinking from the same cup, kissing or close physical contact with an individual suffering from CJD.
	www.health.vic.gov.au /ideas/diseases/cjd_facts.htm (817 words)

	Discovery Health :: Diseases & Conditions :: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
		The classic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD, is an infectious disease that causes progressive brain damage and death.
		The new variant of CJD is most likely the human form of mad cow disease.
		Inherited CJD runs in families and is caused by a mutation in the gene coding for the normal prion protein.
	health.discovery.com /encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=300 (657 words)

	BSEInfo.org The Source For Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CJD is estimated to affect approximately one person per million each year worldwide and usually strikes those over the age of 55 (median age of death is 68 in the U.S. It is important to note that this incidence rate represents an average over time.
		The CDC team has not seen an increase in the CJD death rate in recent data despite the recent extensive attention to the diseases.From 1979 through 2000, the average annual age-adjusted (adjusted to the year 2000 age distribution) death rate was 1.07 deaths per million persons, ranging from.86 in 1980 to 1.25 in 1987.
		Because age is a key factor in evaluating CJD distribution, and because the disease tends to strike people over the age of 55, the actual rate is higher for ages 55 or older.
	www.bseinfo.org /resoCJD.aspx (1336 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and the Blood Supply
		CJD is an invariably fatal brain disease that is caused by an unconventional agent.
		These studies have demonstrated the possible, occasional presence of the CJD agent in minimal amounts in the blood of infected patients and have demonstrated the infectivity of blood throughout most of the incubation period in two different rodent models of CJD.
		In at least one study, CJD was transmitted in an animal model by intravenous inoculation of blood from a sick animal.
	www.hhs.gov /asl/testify/t970731d.html (3398 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CJD is a rare incurable disease of humans that affects the nervous system and results in rapidly progressive dementia, loss of motor control, paralysis, and death.
		Once symptoms occur, the diagnosis of CJD is made by clinical signs, characteristic electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns, detection of certain proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid, and by detection of spongiform changes in a brain biopsy.
		New-variant CJD is a recently-described form of the disease found in Great Britain and some other European countries; it has never been found in the USA, with the exception of one person who had previously lived in Great Britain.
	dhfs.wisconsin.gov /dph_bcd/Communicable/factsheets/creutzfeldt.htm (952 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Health and Medical Information produced by doctors - MedicineNet.com
		Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the dementing form of the human prion diseases (also known as spongiform transmissible encephalopathies or infectious amyloidoses).
		CJD is characterized by forgetfulness and nervousness; jerky, trembling hand movements; unsteady gait; myoclonus; chronic dementia; severe balance disturbance; and muscular rigidity.
		CJD a dementing disease of the brain caused by an unconventional, transmissible agent (prion).
	www.medicinenet.com /creutzfeldt-jakob_disease/article.htm (549 words)

	Alzheimer's Society Information Sheet - What is CJD?
		The best-known prion disease is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD.
		People usually develop familial CJD at an earlier age than the sporadic form and the course of the illness is usually longer.
		This form of CJD arises from contamination with tissue from an infected person, usually as a result of a medical procedure such as corneal transplants, grafts or the use of growth hormone.
	www.alzheimers.org.uk /Facts_about_dementia/What_is_dementia/info_CJD.htm (696 words)

	Medical Research Council - CJD
		Sporadic CJD occurs at a similar level in all countries throughout the world and is not thought to be linked to BSE.
		CJD can be present in the body for many years without causing symptoms, However, once the first symptoms occur patients usually die within twelve months.
		CJD Support Network UK charity set up by families of people who have died of CJD, offering support, information and care for CJD patients and their carers.
	www.mrc.ac.uk /YourHealth/HealthArticles/BSECJD/index.htm (881 words)

	Zoonotic Diseases
		CJD is the most important member of a group of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
		Onset of CJD symptoms in sporadic and familial illness peaks between the ages of 60 and 70 years and is most common between the ages of 55 and 75 years.
		CJD is known to have been transmitted by contaminated neurosurgical instruments, EEG depth electrodes, corneal allografts, dura matter grafts and cadaveric human pituitary hormone.
	www.doh.state.fl.us /environment/community/arboviral/zoonoses/Zoonotic-cjd.html (679 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Fact Sheet - Minnesota Dept. of Health
		CJD is a rare, neurological illness believed to be caused by a prion, a newly identified type of disease-causing agent.
		The remaining cases of CJD are the result of medical procedures using tainted human matter or surgical instruments from an infected individual.
		CJD does not appear to be transmitted from person-to-person while the infected person is alive.
	www.health.state.mn.us /divs/idepc/diseases/cjd/cjd.html (508 words)

	What Is Sporadic CJD?
		Sporadic CJD chiefly affects people between 50 and 75 years of age, but can occur as early as adolescence, and as late as the 9th decade of life (by which time it may be mistaken as 'senility').
		In point of fact, CJD comprehends a nearly continuous spectrum of neurologic and psychiatric symptomatology, and although physicians and scientists are constantly tempted by the exercise of classification, the continuing use of these sobriquets is both confusing and illogical.
		In CJD, a periodic sharp wave pattern occurs in two thirds of cases, and in its most characteristic form of electrocardiogram-like regularity is seen in very few other diseases (Figure 4).
	www.cjdinsight.org /Deana/sporadiccjd.html (1478 words)

	A. Cjd: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Cjd's summary was automatically generated using 1 reference found on the Internet.
		CJD is a rare but invariably fatal degenerative disease associated with a poorly understood transmissible agent (1, 2).
		Investigations of recipients of blood components from known CJD donors have not revealed transmission of the CJD agent (9, 10), although these cohort studies are limited by the small numbers of such recipients, especially with long-term follow-up, and thus would only be likely to reveal a high transmission rate.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/cjd_a._35551444.aspx (1139 words)

	CJD
		CJD, along with Kuru (a disease once noted among cannibals in New Guinea) and some animal dementia-type illnesses, is such a disease.
		CJD is fatal, and death is usually the result of a secondary illness, such as pneumonia, usually within months.
		Occasionally, CJD is hereditary, in which case there will have been a close family member who had the illness.
	www.irishhealth.com /?level=4&con=225 (1365 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - Blue Book: IDEAS - Victorian Government Health Information, Australia
		CJD (Group B disease) must be notified in writing within five days of diagnosis.
		CJD belongs to a group of rare diseases known to affect humans and animals called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE).
		CJD presents in humans in either a classical or a variant form.
	www.health.vic.gov.au /ideas/bluebook/cjd.htm (1320 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - Southern Nevada Health District
		CJD belongs to a group of neurological diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
		CJD is a slow degenerative human disease of the central nervous system.
		CJD occurs sporadically worldwide at a rate of 1 case per 1 million people per year.
	www.cchd.org /disease_factsheets/creutzfeldt_jakob.htm (1027 words)

	CJD Diagnostic & Research Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CJD is misdiagnosed in nearly 35% of cases with other conditions (i.e.
		The situation is further complicated by the extraordinary fear amongst Medical Professionals in regard to this disease and their reluctance to becoming involved in standard diagnostic workup of suspected CJD patients.
		In addition to the diagnostic facility, the CJD center has an active research program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to develop a workable diagnostic test for CJD based upon the association of a bacterium with the disease.
	cjddiagnosticcenter.com /index.htm (244 words)

	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet
		Between 5% and 15% of CJD cases are genetic, meaning the risk for the disease is inherited.
		Variant CJD first occurred in the United Kingdom and was linked to eating beef from cattle infected with the animal form of the disease (BSE —; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy).
		Individuals with Variant CJD also have a longer course of illness; their time between first symptoms and death is longer.
	www.health.state.ny.us /diseases/communicable/cjd_fact.htm (583 words)

	Homepage \| CDC Classic CJD
		The most common form of classic CJD is believed to occur sporadically, caused by the spontaneous transformation of normal prion proteins into abnormal prions.
		The risk of CJD increases with age, and in persons aged over 50 years of age, the annual rate is approximately 3.4 cases per million.
		Whereas the majority of cases of CJD (about 85%) occur as sporadic disease, a smaller proportion of patients (5-15%) develop CJD because of inherited mutations of the prion protein gene.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dvrd/cjd (396 words)

	cjd
		The initial stage of CJD is characterized by symptoms of insomnia, depression, confusion, personality changes, behavior changes, impaired memory, and impaired vision (6).
		The duration of CJD from the onset of symptoms to death is approximately one year (6).
		To reduce the risk of transmission of CJD from one person to another, people with a history of the disease should never donate blood, tissue, or organs (6).
	www.austincc.edu /microbio/2704i/cjd.htm (512 words)

	InteliHealth:
		Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal brain disorder associated with a misshapen protein in the brain, known as a prion.
		Most cases of CJD are not caused by exposure to another person with the disease but by an accidental mutation in brain cell DNA that allows a prion particle to be formed.
		Although the risk of acquiring variant CJD is extremely low, travelers to the United Kingdom or Europe may decide to avoid beef or to eat steak rather than products such as sausage or burgers, since ground beef is more likely to be contaminated.
	www.intelihealth.com /IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9768.html (1201 words)

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