Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Research
Source of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease outside United Kingdom
Pascual Sanchez-Juan*†, Simon N. Cousens‡, Robert G. Will§, and Cornelia M. van Duijn*
Table 1
Worldwide variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases as of August 2006
| Country of residence at disease onset | N |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 162 |
| France | 20 |
| Republic of Ireland | 2+2* |
| Italy | 1 |
| United States | 2* |
| Canada | 1* |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Japan | 1* |
| The Netherlands | 2 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
*Most likely exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the UK.
