title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to December 2015.
abstract: Nation-wide surveillance of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (also known as prion diseases), the most common being Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, based at the University of Melbourne. Prospective surveillance has been undertaken since 1993 and over this dynamic period in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy research and understanding, the unit has evolved and adapted to changes in surveillance practices and requirements concomitant with the delineation of new disease subtypes, improvements in diagnostic capabilities and the overall heightened awareness of prion diseases in the health care setting. In 2015, routine national surveillance continued and this brief report provides an update of the cumulative surveillance data collected by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry prospectively from 1993 to December 2015, and retrospectively to 1970.
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Genevieve M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Klug
authors.affiliation: Registry Co-ordinator, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarros
authors.affiliation: Administrative Assistant, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stehmann
authors.affiliation: Neurologist, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: Neuropathologist, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.|The Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Melbourne Victoria.
authors.forename: Catriona A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.affiliation: Director, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Colin L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.affiliation: Director, Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: 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 / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins