Clustering of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease near Fukuoka City, Japan
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 84 (5), 445-447
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04986.x
Abstract
During a 4-month period we encountered three patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). All lived in a limited area near Fukuoka City in Japan. Such a significantly close spatial and temporal clustering of cases suggests exposure to a common CJD infectious agent. Except for dental-related treatments, there were no evident causative agents common to these three patients.Keywords
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