scholarly journals Does Improvement in Case Ascertainment Explain the Increase in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Since 1970 in the United Kingdom?

2000 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. 474-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Case Ascertainment ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease

scholarly journals Latest quarterly analysis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease incidence in the UK shows continued slow-down

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
N J Andrews
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease ◽  
The Uk

Five new cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) were diagnosed in the United Kingdom (UK) in the first quarter of 2003, bringing the total number of confirmed or probable cases to 134 (1). Five deaths occurred in the first quarter, bringing the total number of deaths to 126. The total number of onsets and deaths by year are shown in the table.

scholarly journals Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom and elsewhere: situation at the end of 2005

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Molesworth ◽  
N J Andrews
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease

By the end of December 2005, a total of 159 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) had been reported in the United Kingdom, of which 153 have so far resulted in death.

Genetic basis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom: a systematic analysis of predisposing mutations and allelic variation in the PRNP gene

1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Windl ◽  
Maureen Dempster ◽  
J. Peter Estibeiro ◽  
Richard Lathe ◽  
Rajith de Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Allelic Variation ◽  
Prnp Gene ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease

scholarly journals Surveillance of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in the United Kingdom

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
H J T Ward
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease ◽  
Surveillance Unit ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Codon 129

By the end of May 2000, 54 definite cases and 13 probable cases of vCJD had been notified in the United Kingdom by the National CJD Surveillance Unit set up in 1990. All definite cases for whom data are available are methionine homozygous at codon 129 of

scholarly journals Possible case of transfusion-associated variant CJD in the United Kingdom

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (51) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
First Case ◽  
Jakob Disease

The first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) thought to have been infected via a blood transfusion may have been seen in the United Kingdom

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