Ten-year mortality from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Cyprus.
We report the mortality from sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Cyprus for a 10-year surveillance period (1995-2004). In that time, 5 cases were identified out of a population of 749,000, giving an incidence of 0.7 cases per million population per year. Our sporadic incidence matches that expected according to global epidemiological surveillance. No cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were found but 1 familial case was diagnosed.
Papacostas
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Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus. savvas@cing.ac.cy
Malikides
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A
Petsa
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M
Kyriakides
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T
D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution
D011328:Prions