WHAT IS CJD?

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD is a rare and fatal degenerative brain disease in humans. CJD is one of a group of diseases that a? ects humans and animals known as transmissable spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) or prion diseases. In animals, the best known TSE is BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) sometimes referred to in the news as mad-cow disease. CJD is not transmitted through social contact.

ARE THERE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CJD?

There are two main types of CJD:

CLASSICAL CJD (cCJD) which includes:
- Sporadic CJD (sCJD)
- Inherited Prion Diseases
- Health care associated/Iatrogenic
CJD (iCJD)
- Kuru
VARIANT CJD (vCJD)