Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathiesare a group of fatal degenerative diseases that affect the central nervous system and can occur in humans and certain animal species. The most common TSE among humans is Creutzfeld-Jacob-Disease (CJD).
CJD Surveillance Letters
- Diagnosis and Reporting of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (PDF)
- 2004 Health Update #5: Surveillance for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies including the Classic and Variant Forms of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease, in New York City (PDF)
Meeting of The Association of Practitioners of Infection Control (APIC), NYC (10/21/05)
- Dr. Paul Brown on Infection Control Measures for CJD (PDF)
- Presentation Slides:
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- Clinical Generalities of TSE and CJD (PDF)
- CJD Pathology and Diagnostic Markers (PDF)
- Clinical Presentation: Creutzfeld-Jacob-Disease, Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prionopathies) (PDF)
- Evaluation of Suspected Cluster of CJD in New Jersey (PDF)
- Surveillance of CJD in New York State: A Team Approach (PDF)
- Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease Surveillance: Findings in New York City, 2001-2003 (PDF)
- Epidemiology and Surveillance of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease in the United States (PDF)