title: Evidence for case-to-case transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: Three cases of probable iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by neurosurgery are detailed together with a cluster of three cases in Eastern England possibly connected by dental procedures, and the development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient who had been in social contact with a familial case.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009493:Neurosurgery; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects