Creutzfeldt-jakob disease in Italy
โ Scribed by G. Trabattoni; A. Lechi; L. Bettoni; G. Macchi; C. Masullo; P. Brown; M. Pocchiari
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
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I read with interest the report of the American Neurological Association Committee on Health Care Issues in the January 1986 issue of the Annals, which outlines a uniform system of precautions in the handling of contaminated materials from patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) 113. However,
In a retrospective study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Italy from 1972 to 1986, we found 79 cases which fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for CJD. The annual mortality rate was 0.09 cases per million inhabitants. In this series the female to male ratio was 2.59, a value significantly higher