CDC and Florida Department of Health investigate a likely case of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in a U.K. citizen residing in the U.S

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Thursday, April 18, 2002, 19:12 EST (7:12 PM EST)
  
  CDCHAN-00085-2002-04-18-UPD-N
  
  The Florida Department of Health and the CDC are investigating a likely case of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) in a 22-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom living in Florida. The clinical diagnosis was made at a hospital in the U.K and she has since returned to the U.S. Preliminary analysis of information provided by the U.K. indicates that the patient's clinical condition and history are consistent with vCJD acquired in the U.K. However, the only way to confirm a diagnosis of vCJD is through study of brain tissue obtained by a brain biopsy or at autopsy.
  
  Includes: New Variant CJD: Fact Sheet
  
  Event Type: new variant Crutzfeld-Jacob (BSE)
  
  Context: emerging infectious diseases
  
  Event Type: Natural
  
  Agent Type: prion
  
  Specify Agent (Name): vCJD - (bovine spongiform encephalitis)
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: unintentional
  
  
• Subjects:
  Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
• Source:
  HAN ; 085
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Update
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  85
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d1008edffe470a8d992be3ca80e64f4790c05f097186060f9f1eefe5122da608bc1ab898e713164476be4c61c62dd69bf3e62db84e3863f6f6f827cef2fa8a46
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24997/cdc_24997_DS1.pdf
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