Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases

Robert C. Holman; Ali S. Khan; Ermias D. Belay; Lawrence B. Schonberger

doi:10.3201/eid0204.960409

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases

Robert C. Holman, Ali S. Khan, Ermias D. Belay, Lawrence B. Schonberger

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After a cluster of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) cases among unusually young patients was reported recently from the United Kingdom, we examined trends and the current incidence of CJD in the United States. We found that the age-adjusted CJD death rate in the United States is similar to published estimates of the crude incidence of CJD worldwide and has continued to be stable from 1979 through 1994. The number of CJD deaths in persons <45 years of age remained stable during this period. We found no evidence of the variant form of CJD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	333-337
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0204.960409
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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