Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease among Physicians, Germany, 1993–2018

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease among Physicians, Germany, 1993–2018

We investigated sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) among physicians in Germany by analyzing occupational information of patients with sCJD recorded by the German CJD Surveillance Unit (1993–2005; 1,250 patients, of whom 4 [0.32%] were physicians) and the National Reference Center for Human Sp...

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Main Authors: Peter Hermann, Johannes Treig, Steffen Unkel, Stefan Goebel, Timothy Bunck, Martha Jünemann, Tim Friede, Inga Zerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
prion diseases
epidemiology
risk factors
healthcare professions
Germany
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/19-1159_article

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