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Genevieve M Klug1, Alison Boyd, Victoria Lewis
1Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria. gmjak@unimelb.edu.au
Abstract:
In Australia, the occurrence of all human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) is surveyed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry (ANCJDR). While prospective surveillance commenced in October 1993, the ANCJDR also retrospectively ascertained cases that occurred between 1970 and 1993. During the surveillance period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, the ANCJDR received 90 suspect TSE case notifications, which is slightly increased from previous annual surveillance periods. Based on the total number of probable and definite CJD cases, ascertained between 1993 and 2009, the Australian age-adjusted mortality rate is 1.18 deaths per million per year. In this short report, we provide updated Australian human TSE figures and discuss a recently published investigation of geographical TSE clustering in regional New South Wales.
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