Table 1

Number of cases studied by diagnostic entity and country


Sporadic CJD
Variant CJD
Iatrogenic CJD
Genetic TSE
All categories










CJD
GSS
FFI
Insert


Australia
189
-
4
14
4
3
1
215
Austria*
77
-
-
9
-
3
1
90
Canada**
169
1
3
7
9
-
-
189
France
766
6
82
68
5
6
5
938
Germany
827
-
5
31
8
17
12
900
Italy
544
-
3
94
8
10
3
662
Netherlands
136
-
3
1
-
-
2
142
Slovakia
18
-
-
41
-
-
-
59
Spain*
380
-
5
18
-
25
1
429
Switzerland
84
-
-
1
-
-
-
85
UK
530
121
33
11
19
1
17
732
All countries
3720
128
138
295
53
65
42
4441

* Since 1996, including retrospective cases from 1993. ** Since 1998, including retrospective cases from 1994

de Pedro-Cuesta et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:278   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-278