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Latest Publications and Research on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

J. Hosp. Infect.   2020 Jan 28   

Informing Patient Contacts About Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease.

Brodbelt AR, Vinten J, Larkin S

The unanticipated diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (sCJD) in a patient after previous neurosurgery can lead to difficult decisions on i ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Sci Rep      

Co-existence of PrPD types 1 and 2 in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of the VV subgroup: phenotypic and prion protein characteristics.

Cali I, Puoti G, Smucny J, Curtiss PM, Cracco L, Kitamoto T, Occhipinti R, Cohen ML, Appleby BS, Gambetti P

We report a detailed study of a cohort of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) VV1-2 type-mixed cases (valine homozygosity at codon 129 of the pr ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Clin Case Rep      

The first reported case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from Nepal.

Kharel H, Adhikari P, Pokhrel NB, Kharel Z, Nepal G

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) can also be diagnosed in a resource-limited setting through good clinical analysis. The diagnosis of CJD should be con ... Read More

Source: PubMed
mSphere      

Correlation between Bioassay and Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification for Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Decontamination Studies.

Bélondrade M, Jas-Duval C, Nicot S, Bruyère-Ostells L, Mayran C, Herzog L, Reine F, Torres JM, Fournier-Wirth C, Béringue V, Lehmann S, Bougard D

To date, approximately 500 iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases have been reported worldwide, most of them resulting from cadaveric dura mater g ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Rev Neurol      

[A patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with a motoneurone disease].

Pericot-Nierga I, Turbau-Recio J, Bragado I, Hernández M

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Source: PubMed

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