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Table 1 Number of cases studied by diagnostic entity and country

From: Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in eleven countries: diagnostic pattern across time, 1993–2002

 

Sporadic CJD

Variant CJD

Iatrogenic CJD

Genetic TSE

All categories

    

CJD

GSS

FFI

Insert

 

Australia

189

-

4

14

4

3

1

215

Austria*

77

-

-

9

-

3

1

90

Canada**

169

1

3

7

9

-

-

189

France

766

6

82

68

5

6

5

938

Germany

827

-

5

31

8

17

12

900

Italy

544

-

3

94

8

10

3

662

Netherlands

136

-

3

1

-

-

2

142

Slovakia

18

-

-

41

-

-

-

59

Spain*

380

-

5

18

-

25

1

429

Switzerland

84

-

-

1

-

-

-

85

UK

530

121

33

11

19

1

17

732

All countries

3720

128

138

295

53

65

42

4441

  1. * Since 1996, including retrospective cases from 1993. ** Since 1998, including retrospective cases from 1994