Published Date: 2002-02-06 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> CJD (new var.), suspected case - Italy (Sicily)
Archive Number: 20020206.3496
CJD (NEW VAR.), SUSPECTED CASE - ITALY (SICILY)
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See Also
CJD (new var.) - UK: update Jan 2002 20020110.32212001
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CJD (new var.), suspect - French Caribbean 20010530.1052
CJD (new var.), suspected - China (Hong Kong) 20010612.1142
CJD (new var.), suspected - China (Hong Kong) (02) 20010613.1146
CJD (new var.) - France: fifth case 20011205.2951
CJD (new var.) - UK: 9th Annual Report 20010706.1293
2000
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CJD (new var.), suspected case - Russia 20001204.2109
CJD (new var.), suspected case - S. Africa (03): NOT 20001219.2223
CJD (new var.), suspected case - South Africa 20001211.2167
CJD (new var.), suspected case - South Africa (02) 20001212.2171
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Date: Wed 6 Feb 2002
From: Akira GOTO <goto@ocol.com>
Source: Mainichi Shimbun, Wed 6 Feb 2002 (translated from Japanese by
A.Goto) [edited
<http://www.mainichi.co.jp/news/flash/kokusai/20020206k0000e030038000c.html>
Suspected Case of vCJD Reported in Palermo, Italy
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In Palermo, Sicily, a patient has been diagnosed with suspected [new
variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease [abbreviated as vCJD or (CJD (new var.)
in ProMED-mail, which is believed to be the human presentation of mad cow
disease [bovine spongiform encephalopathy. If confirmed, this will be the
first human case of vCJD reported in Italy.
According to the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) website
<http://www.ansa.it/rubriche/topnews/2002-02-05_525486.html>, the patient
is a 24-year-old woman who has been hospitalized in Palermo for more than
one month, and the hospital has reported [the diagnosis to the Ministry of
Health (Ministero della Salute). According to the Kyodo News Agency in
Rome, more than 50 bovine cases of mad cow disease have been confirmed in
Italy. As of September 2001, more than 100 vCJD deaths have been reported
in the UK and France.
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Akira GOTO
Pediatrician
<goto@ocol.com> and
<dolphin@mail.ne.jp>
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Date: Wed 6 Feb 2002
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: Reuters Heath eLine, Tue Feb 5 Sep 2002 [edited
<http://www.reutershealth.com/frame2/eline.html>
Possible case of human 'mad cow' disease in Italy
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ROME: The first suspected case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
[abbreviated as vCJD or CJD (new var.) in ProMED-mail has been reported in
Italy, the Health Ministry said on Tue 5 Feb 2002. The human ailment is a
fatal brain-wasting disease linked to consumption of meat contaminated with
mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
British scientists discovered BSE in 1986 and linked the disease to vCJD in
people a decade later. In Europe, vCJD has killed about 100 people, almost
all of them in Britain. Italy has identified 53 cases of BSE in cattle
since it discovered its first native case of mad cow disease in January 2001.
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[The link between consumption of BSE-contaminated meat and onset of vCJD
has yet to be proven. In the past there have been several reports of
suspected cases of vCJD which have not been confirmed subsequently.
However, the occurrence of vCJD in Italy has a higher
probability of confirmation in view of the prevalence of BSE in Italy. -
Mod.CP
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