Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Research
Source of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease outside United Kingdom
Table 1
Worldwide variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases as of August 2006
Country of residence at disease onset | N |
---|---|
United Kingdom | 162 |
France | 20 |
Republic of Ireland | 2+2* |
Italy | 1 |
United States | 2* |
Canada | 1* |
Saudi Arabia | 1 |
Japan | 1* |
The Netherlands | 2 |
Portugal | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
*Most likely exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the UK.