What is Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease?

Updated July 8 2015 - 10:37am, first published 10:00am

WHAT IS CREUTZFELD-JAKOB DISEASE?

  •  A rare, degenerative and fatal brain disorder
  •  Usually kills within a year
  •  Sporadic CJD is the most common type
  •  Affects one in every one million people per year, worldwide
  •  About 20 cases a year in Australia

TYPES OF CJD: four

 Until the 1990s, three forms of CJD were recognised:

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