An update on the epidemiology and key issues associated with the diagnosis and management of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases in NSW

Title: An update on the epidemiology and key issues associated with the diagnosis and management of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases in NSW
Creator: Quinn, Emma; Merritt, Tony; Buckland, Michael E.; Tobin, Sean
Relation: Public Health Research & Practice Vol. 25, Issue 1
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp2511409
Publisher: Sax Institute
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2014
Description: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal disease caused by the accumulation of abnormal prion proteins in neurological tissues. Routine notification data reveal that NSW has similar rates of CJD to other states and territories in Australia; however, it is likely that there is significant under-ascertainment of cases. It is important that clinicians and public health staff remain vigilant for the clinical signs of CJD and understand the limitations of the different diagnostic tests available. This paper provides a brief overview of the epidemiology of CJD in NSW, as well as current issues in the diagnosis and public health investigation of CJD.
Subject: Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease; CJD; diagnosis; epidemiology; Australia
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1297344
Identifier: uon:19430
Identifier: ISSN:2204-2091
Language: eng

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