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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Holman, R. C. ; Khan, A. S. ; Belay, E. D. ; Schonberger, L. B.
Holman, R. C. ; Khan, A. S. ; Belay, E. D. ; Schonberger, L. B. Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Description:
After a cluster of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) cases among unusually young patients was reported recently from the United Kingdom, we examined trends and the current incidence of CJD in the United States. We found that the age-adjusted CJD death rate in the United States is similar to published estimates of the crude incidence of CJD worldwide and has continued to be stable from 1979 through 1994. The number of CJD deaths in persons
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 2(4):333-337.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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