Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
- CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Classic)
(National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- This Web site of the Centers for Disease Control has information about the connections between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease") and a disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt -Jakob disease (vCJD). There are Questions and Answers, information for health practitioners about infection control practices, and a vCJD Fact Sheet.
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/cjd/index.htm
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
(MEDLINEplus)
- Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overviews, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Organizations, and more. Read a description of this degenerative brain disease. Learn about links between mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and about research for drug treatments. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
- https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html
Last Modified: Monday August 24, 2015 12:01 PM