Clustering of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease near Fukuoka City, Japan.
During a 4-month period we encountered three patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). All lived in a limited area near Fukuoka City in Japan. Such a significantly close spatial and temporal clustering of cases suggests exposure to a common CJD infectious agent. Except for dental-related treatments, there were no evident causative agents common to these three patients.
Arakawa
K
K
Department of Neurology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nagara
H
H
Itoyama
Y
Y
Doh-ura
K
K
Tomokane
N
N
Tateishi
J
J
Goto
I
I
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis
D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D011328:Prions