Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control91264462627596Research ArticleThe epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Canada: a review of mortality data.StrattonE.RickettsM. N.GullyP. R.Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Jan-Mar1997316364

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and particularly its transmissibility through blood and blood products, has become a focus of concern in Canada. The recent identification of new variant CJD led to a review of the Canadian mortality database to identify any clustering of CJD by age, sex, or geographic location.