title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia, update to December 2013.
abstract: Nation-wide surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, based at the University of Melbourne. Surveillance has been undertaken since 1993. Over this dynamic period in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy research and understanding, the unit has evolved and adapted to changes in surveillance practices and requirements, the emergence of new disease subtypes, improvements in diagnostic capabilities and the overall heightened awareness and understanding of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the health care setting. In 2013, routine surveillance continued and this brief report provides an update of the surveillance data collected by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry prospectively from 1993 to December 2013, and retrospectively to 1970. The report highlights the recent multi-national collaborative study published that has verified the correlation between surveillance intensity and reported disease incidence.
authors: Research Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Genevieve M
authors: GM
authors: Klug
authors: Registry Co-ordinator, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Boyd
authors: Research Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Sarros
authors: Administrative Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Christiane
authors: C
authors: Stehmann
authors: Neurologist, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Simpson
authors: Neuropathologist, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria and The Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Victoria.
authors: Catriona A
authors: CA
authors: McLean
authors: Director, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Collin L
authors: CL
authors: Masters
authors: Director, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Collins
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins