Publications

surveillance of creutzfeldt-jakob disease in australia: 2009 update.	in australia, the occurrence of all human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (tses) is surveyed by the australian national creutzfeldt-jakob disease registry (ancjdr). while prospective surveillance commenced in october 1993, the ancjdr also retrospectively ascertained cases that occurred between 1970 and 1993. during the surveillance period of 1 april 2008 to 31 march 2009, the ancjdr received 90 suspect tse case notifications, which is slightly increased from previous annual surveillanc ...	2009	19877536
enhanced geographically restricted surveillance simulates sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease cluster.	spatio-temporal clustering of sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease (scjd) has been recognized and investigated previously in various global settings including australia. generally, despite often extensive investigation, explanations such as point source outbreaks and plausible case-to-case transmission links have not been identified to explain the apparently higher case rates than expected. in the context of national surveillance during the period 1993-2006, an increased number of cases of scjd we ...	2009	19042933