Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: 2009 update. Export

@article{citeulike:6071724, abstract = {In Australia, the occurrence of all human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) is surveyed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry (ANCJDR). While prospective surveillance commenced in October 1993, the ANCJDR also retrospectively ascertained cases that occurred between 1970 and 1993. During the surveillance period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, the ANCJDR received 90 suspect TSE case notifications, which is slightly increased from previous annual surveillance periods. Based on the total number of probable and definite CJD cases, ascertained between 1993 and 2009, the Australian age-adjusted mortality rate is 1.18 deaths per million per year. In this short report, we provide updated Australian human TSE figures and discuss a recently published investigation of geographical TSE clustering in regional New South Wales.}, author = {Klug, Genevieve M. and Boyd, Alison and Lewis, Victoria and McGlade, Amelia and Stehmann, Christiane and Masters, Colin L. and Collins, Steven J.}, citeulike-article-id = {6071724}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19877536}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19877536}, issn = {0725-3141}, journal = {Communicable diseases intelligence}, keywords = {australia, creutzfeldt\_jakob\_disease, public\_health, surveillance}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {188--191}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 22:49:24}, priority = {4}, title = {Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: 2009 update.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19877536}, volume = {33}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6071724 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6071724 N2 - In Australia, the occurrence of all human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) is surveyed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry (ANCJDR). While prospective surveillance commenced in October 1993, the ANCJDR also retrospectively ascertained cases that occurred between 1970 and 1993. During the surveillance period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, the ANCJDR received 90 suspect TSE case notifications, which is slightly increased from previous annual surveillance periods. Based on the total number of probable and definite CJD cases, ascertained between 1993 and 2009, the Australian age-adjusted mortality rate is 1.18 deaths per million per year. In this short report, we provide updated Australian human TSE figures and discuss a recently published investigation of geographical TSE clustering in regional New South Wales. IS - 2 JF - Communicable diseases intelligence SN - 0725-3141 EP - 191 TI - Surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: 2009 update. VL - 33 SP - 188 KW - australia KW - creutzfeldt_jakob_disease KW - public_health KW - surveillance AU - Klug, Genevieve AU - Boyd, Alison AU - Lewis, Victoria AU - McGlade, Amelia AU - Stehmann, Christiane AU - Masters, Colin AU - Collins, Steven PY - 2009/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19877536 ER -