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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), also known as subacute spongiform encephalopathy or neurocognitive disorder due to prion disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] Early symptoms include memory problems, behavioral changes, poor coordination, and visual disturbances. [ 4 ]
Prion disease: Micrograph showing spongiform degeneration (vacuoles that appear as holes in tissue sections) in the cerebral cortex of a patient who had died of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. H&E stain, scale bar = 30 microns (0.03 mm). Specialty: Infectious diseases Symptoms: Dementia, seizures, tremors, insomnia, psychosis, delirium, confusion ...
Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), formerly known as New variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (nvCJD) and referred to colloquially as "mad cow disease" or "human mad cow disease" to distinguish it from its BSE counterpart, is a fatal type of brain disease within the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy family. [7]
Electroencephalogram (EEG) is used to distinguish kuru from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, a similar encephalopathy (any disease that affects the structure of the brain). [28] EEGs search for electrical activity in the person's brain and measure the frequency of each wave to determine if there is an issue with the brain's activity. [29]
They are the hypothesized cause of various TSEs, including scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle (mad cow disease), and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. [8] All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissues.
British farmers in contact with BSE-infected cows die of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. 1994: the European Union bans the use of proteins derived from bovine tissue in ruminant feed, and the export of beef from farms where a case of BSE has occurred. 1995: several British farmers fall victim to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A new form of the disease ...
The United Kingdom was afflicted with an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"), and its human equivalent variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), in the 1980s and 1990s. Over four million head of cattle were slaughtered in an effort to contain the outbreak, and 178 people died after contracting ...
Causes may include mitochondrial disease (particularly MELAS) or chronic hypophosphatemia, as may occur in cystinosis. [ 2 ] Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy).