New variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) disease and other human prion diseases under epidemiological surveillance in Brazil

Abstract To increase the timeliness of detection of human cases of the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and to reduce the risk of transmission, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has established and standardized rules and control measures. These include the definition of criteria for su...

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Main Authors: Vera Lúcia Gattás, Antonio Silva Lima Neto, George Santiago Dimech, Denise Mancini, Ligia Maria Cantarino, José Ricardo Pio Marins, Expedito José Albuquerque Luna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000400339&lng=en&tlng=en