NR AAHL
AU Wiersma,S.; Cooper,S.A.; Knight,R.S.G.; Kennedy,A.M.; Joiner,S.; Belay,E.D.; Schonberger,L.B.
TI Probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a U.S. resident - Florida, 2002.
QU MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2002 Oct 18; 51(41): 927-9
IA http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5141a3.htm und http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5141.pdf
PT journal article
AB On April 18, 2002, the Florida Department of Health and CDC announced the occurrence of a likely case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in a Florida resident aged 22 years. This report documents the investigation of this case and underscores the importance of physicians increasing their suspicion for vCJD in patients presenting with clinical features described in this report who have spent time in areas in which bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is endemic.
MH Adult; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*diagnosis/epidemiology; Florida/epidemiology; Humans
AD S. Wiersma, MD, State Epidemiologist, Florida Dept of Health; S. Cooper, R. Knight, National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland; A. M. Kennedy, National Prion Clinic, Dept of Neurology, St. Mary's Hospital, London; S. Joiner, Medical Research Council Prion Unit, Dept of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom. E. Belay, L. B. Schonberger, Div of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
SP englisch
PO USA
EA EA pdf-Datei und HTML-Version