FactSheet: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Abstract

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal brain disease in humans. It is a type of disease known as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) because it causes characteristic spongy breakdown of the brain and it can be transmitted. Other animals—such as sheep, cows and cats—can also develop TSEs.

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 12(2) 43 - 43 (2001) doi:10.1071/NB01016