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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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- Overviews
- Prevention/Screening
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
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- Law and Policy
- Statistics
- Children
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From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- Commonly Asked Questions about BSE (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Questions and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet for Healthcare Workers and Morticians (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- New Variant CJD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Questions and Answers on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Chronic Wasting Disease: A Threat to Humans? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Information for People Treated with NHPP Human Growth Hormone (hGH) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Prion Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- NIAID Research on Prion Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Pressure Combined with Heat Reduces Prion Infectivity in Processed Meats (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Study of Growth Hormone Treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Underscores Need for Prevention of Adrenal Crises (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Test Could Improve Detection of Prion Disease in Humans (National Institute on Aging)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Dept. of Agriculture
Also available in: Spanish - Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Agencies Work to Corral Mad Cow Disease (Food and Drug Administration)
- Fact Sheet: BSE Legislative Update (Food and Drug Administration)
Statistics
- Statistics
- Annual Incidence Rate of BSE in Countries that Have Reported Cases (Office International des Epizooties)
- Countries/Territories Having Reported Cases of BSE in Imported Animals Only (Office International des Epizooties)
- Number of Cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Reported in the United Kingdom (Office International des Epizooties)