Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
machinetranslated From the Netherlands.
For the third time patient died of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
February 2, 2009
In the Netherlands for the third time the disease variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is confirmed. The
patient died in early January. After research in the UMC Utrecht and the Dutch
CJD Expertise Center in Rotterdam has been confirmed that it is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. These
rare disease can be transmitted by eating BSE-infected meat products.
BSE is also known as the mad cow disease.
At present, examined the probability that the patient has infected other people.
The RIVM is coordinating this investigation. The data collected so far show that this
chance is extremely small. The transfer of humans can occur via contaminated blood or
tissue.
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a very rare brain disease caused by prions. The
transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people is in most cases through the
consumption of infected meat products. The beef in the Netherlands is now safe, since
2001 cattle at slaughter for BSE testing. Also, since 1997 to slaughter the most
infectious bodies, brains and spinal cord of cattle collected and destroyed to
transfer to occur.
It is the third time that a patient with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease deceased in the Netherlands. In
2005 and 2006 in two other patients in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob established. In
throughout the world are at least 200 people known to the disease are deceased,
167 in England. The other victims were from France, Ireland, Italy, Canada, America,
Japan, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Portugal.
http://www.rivm.nl/persberichten/2009/variant_creutzfeldt_jakob_2009.jsp
For the third time patient died of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
February 2, 2009
In the Netherlands for the third time the disease variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is confirmed. The
patient died in early January. After research in the UMC Utrecht and the Dutch
CJD Expertise Center in Rotterdam has been confirmed that it is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. These
rare disease can be transmitted by eating BSE-infected meat products.
BSE is also known as the mad cow disease.
At present, examined the probability that the patient has infected other people.
The RIVM is coordinating this investigation. The data collected so far show that this
chance is extremely small. The transfer of humans can occur via contaminated blood or
tissue.
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a very rare brain disease caused by prions. The
transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people is in most cases through the
consumption of infected meat products. The beef in the Netherlands is now safe, since
2001 cattle at slaughter for BSE testing. Also, since 1997 to slaughter the most
infectious bodies, brains and spinal cord of cattle collected and destroyed to
transfer to occur.
It is the third time that a patient with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease deceased in the Netherlands. In
2005 and 2006 in two other patients in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob established. In
throughout the world are at least 200 people known to the disease are deceased,
167 in England. The other victims were from France, Ireland, Italy, Canada, America,
Japan, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Portugal.
http://www.rivm.nl/persberichten/2009/variant_creutzfeldt_jakob_2009.jsp