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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Disease data from ECDC surveillance Atlas

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Publication

Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

Surveillance report -

Publication

Variant Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease - Annual Epidemiological Report 2016 [2014 data]

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Publication

EuroCJD network meeting 2013

Meeting report -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sensitivity to biases of case-control studies on medical procedures, particularly surgery and blood transfusion, and risk of creutzfeldt-jakob disease

Jul 2012

Publication

Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

Surveillance report -

Publication

Variant Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease - Annual Epidemiological Report 2016 [2014 data]

Surveillance report -

Publication

EuroCJD network meeting 2013

Meeting report -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sensitivity to biases of case-control studies on medical procedures, particularly surgery and blood transfusion, and risk of creutzfeldt-jakob disease

Jul 2012
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Apr 2015

Event

Diagnostic workshop on Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) to enhance MS capacity to diagnose CJD

27 Apr 2015 - 28 Apr 2015
Edinburgh
Sep 2015

Event

European CJD Surveillance Experts Meeting

17 Sep 2015 - 18 Sep 2015
Budapest, Hungary
Mar 2014

Event

Real time quaking-induced conversion analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF RT QuIC) diagnostic technique for the investigation of sporadic CJD workshop

11 Mar 2014 - 12 Mar 2014
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jun 2013

Event

EuroCJD network meeting

6 Jun 2013 - 7 Jun 2013
Oslo

Facts about variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

EU case definition

Disease data from ECDC Surveillance Atlas - variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Surveillance and disease data

EU case definition

The EU case definition for variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD)

Facts

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a relatively new and rare neurological disease, classified as a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE).

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Disease programmes and networks

European Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Network (EuroCJD)

Food- and waterborne diseases and zoonoses Programme

FWD Expert Exchange Programme

European Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net)

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sensitivity to biases of case-control studies on medical procedures, particularly surgery and blood transfusion, and risk of creutzfeldt-jakob disease

Jul 2012