Epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales.
Some aspects of the epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales in the decade 1964-73 were studied with the object of detecting evidence of natural transmission of this slow virus encephalopathy. Some geographical clustering and possibility of contact between cases was found.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004739:England; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery; D014505:Urban Population; D014852:Wales