Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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• Canada
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Organization for Animal Health
• EUROCJD & NEUROCJD
• United Kingdom
• France (websites in French only)
• United States

Canada

Health Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

• The Infection Control Guidelines for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in Canada
• Notifiable Diseases Monthly Report
• Travel Health Advisory Travel Medicine Program

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 

Canadian Blood Services (CBS) 

• vCJD (An Introduction) 
• Classical CJD-vCJD 
• vCJD Symptoms 
• Deferral Policies for vCJD 
• vCJD FAQs 
• vCJD News Releases 

Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors

Hema-Québec 

Gouvernement du Québec - Minstère de la Santé et des Services sociaux - Système du sang   (In French)

•  La maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (in French only) 

Alzheimer Society of Canada 

• Provincial, regional and local Alzheimer Society offices 
• Alzheimer Society: Information on CJD 

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO) 

• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) 
• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 

 World Organization for Animal Health

World Organization for Animal Health 

• Number of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) reported in the United Kingdom 
• Number of reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) worldwide (excluding the United Kingdom) 
• Countries/Territories having reported cases of BSE only in imported animals 
• Annual incidence rate of bovine spongiform encephalopahty (BSE) in countries that have reported cases 

EUROCJD & NEUROCJD

The European and Allied Countries Collaborative Study Group of CJD (EUROCJD) plus the Extended European Collaborative Study Group of CJD (NEUROCJD) 
(Canada is part of the EUROCJD collaborative study group)

United Kingdom

UK Government - Department of Health 

• Monthly CJD statistical figures 
• The National CJD Surveillance Unit 

UK - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 

• Animal Health & Welfare - BSE Information 

UK - The Inquiry into BSE and variant CJD in the United Kingdom 

UK - Alzheimer's Society - CJD Support Network 

Human BSE Foundation 

France (websites in French only)

Institut de Veille Sanitaire 

France's CJD Statistics 

United States

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation