UPDATE CJD USA 'UNKNOWN TYPE' 26 CASES FROM 2007

PLEASE NOTE IN USA CJD UPDATE AS AT JUNE 2007, please note steady increase in ''TYPE UNKNOWN''. ...TSS

1 Acquired in the United Kingdom; 2 Acquired in Saudi Arabia; 3 Includes 17 inconclusive and 9 pending (1 from 2006, 8 from 2007); 4 Includes 17 non-vCJD type unknown (2 from 1996, 2 from 1997, 1 from 2001, 1 from 2003, 4 from 2004, 3 from 2005, 4 from 2006)

and 36 type pending (2 from 2005, 8 from 2006, *** 26 from 2007)


http://www.cjdsurveillance.com/pdf/case-table.pdf



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