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8E01.2 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

A disease of the brain, that is suspected to be caused by a prion associated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. This disease is characterised by a long incubation period, psychiatric symptoms followed by neurological deficits, and is fatal. Transmission may be by ingestion of food (with a bovine origin) contaminated with infected brain or spinal cord from an infected cow, or blood transfusion. Confirmation is by pathological examination of the brain.

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synonyms

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• vCJD - [Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease]

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