Is creutzfeldt jakob disease species specific?

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If so what other species does it affect?
Other species, like animal species.
Good, thats what i wrote on my essay, just double checking. Thanks Mr.Know it...
Good question. The jury is still out on that. It is believed by some that creutzfeldt jakob and Mad Cow disease are more or less the same thing. If you take that interpretation, it can effect humans and cows.  (+ info)

has any rpo sports player died from creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

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What is an rpo sport?  (+ info)

creutzfeldt-jakob disease (CJD)?

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what are the economic costs of creutzfeldt-jakob disease? thanks
Enormous.

First of all, think of Mad Cows Disease and the effect on the production of milk products (normal prion protein has been detected in milk but as of yet not pathological), meat, it's a catastrophy.

Secondly, the costs on blood banks. At the moment, alot of research is being carried out to produce a test to test blood donors before they donate blood. Imagine that the blood banks have to implement this test in developed countries worldwide and it will be too expensive for developing countries to use.

Also the hospital costs of taking care of the patients (if there is indeed a high number of people infected particularly in England and France) should be considered.  (+ info)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob?

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Can Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease be found in a blood test? I ask because apparently iatrogenic forms of the disease can come from blood transfusions
No, Creutzfeldt-Jakob is when a human gets mad cow disease. They have to sample your brain looking for amyloid plaques.  (+ info)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?

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What would you do if you were caring for a patient in the hospital with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and there was a blood splatter on the floor?


if anybody can find a site that has the info on this topic i would appreciate it.
sorry i should specify this is a neurological brain disease also known as "mad cow disease" I have to write a paper on this for my micorbiology course but I am having no luck.
@boo yes i have researched that it is not transferred through blood contact but this is the question our professor asked why I have no idea. that is why I am lost!
sorry im all over the place today she wants to know Prion decontamination techniques for this..
mad cow disease isn't spread by contact with blood. but anyway, if you actually worked at a hospital you would know all about Universal Precautions. you wear your gloves and wash up and are very careful with any blood. anytime you encounter it, you act like it's full of Super AIDS who have hepatitis c.  (+ info)

BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob.. How are they related?

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BSE is Bovine Spongiform Encepholophathy it and CJD are caused by prions which cause the proteins in the brain to reform into useless mass. In cows it is BSE in sheep it is called Scarpies and in people it is CJD.  (+ info)

Does anyone have any experience with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's Disease(CJD)?

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Creutzfeldt jakob disease?

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I recently read an article in the parade magazine of the sunday news-paper which stated there were only 2 deaths in the US from CJD. My brother died from that disease and I am just curious if he is one of the reported cases?
Parade Magazine is wrong. According to Wickapedia, Creutzfeld Jacob disease occurs in one person per million per year world-wide, which would come to about 300 people in the US per year (using the world-wide average). Even if we say that people in the US are only 25% as likely to develop CJ disease as people in the rest of the world, that would mean that at least 75 people would develop it in the US this year (and eventually die of it).  (+ info)

what is creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

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This is known as CJD.......which is a degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease).

Symptoms are rapidly progressive dementia, leading to memory loss, personality changes and hallucinations. This is accompanied by physical problems such as speech impairment, jerky movements (myoclonus), balance and coordination dysfunction (ataxia), changes in gait, rigid posture, and seizures.  (+ info)

whats CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB disease?

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Cruetzefeld-Jakob Disease (I'll call it CJD) is a prion disease, in the same category as mad cow (not a variant of it). The disease is in essentials a degenerative disease of the brain. The brain essentially turns into swiss cheese (or a sponge, as most noted) as holes appear in the cortex of the brain as the disease progresses. CJD is the most common form in humans of prion diseases (although it is still a rare disease). It is ultimately fatal in almost all, if not all, patients. Memory and motor function in patients is highly compromised as brain cells die.  (+ info)

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