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Written question asked by Jason McCartney (Conservative) on Monday, 9 May 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 May 2011. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Monday, 16 May 2011 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with variant Creuztfeldt-Jakob disease.
Answer

Since 1995 175 patients have been identified with definite or probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom.The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Research and Surveillance Unit publishes monthly figures on all cases of human prion disease, including vCJD, on the website at:"www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
55159; 528 c61W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
CJD
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk