The Mysteries Surrounding Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Term Paper Title	The Mysteries Surrounding Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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     The Mysteries Surrounding Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

     Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a killer.  What we know is that it wastes no time.  Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease will kill a person within one year of contraction.  It is yet unknown how Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease chooses its victims, but it does seem to have accomplices, known as the spongiform encephalopathies, in the rest of the animal kingdom.  It is possible that it may be known what means Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease uses in order to annihilate its victims, but the theory surrounding that is still controversial.  By examining the facts and observing the evidence we shall one day uncover the truth behind this malicious killer.
     Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare neuro-degenerative disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare neuro-degenerative disease that leads to the loss of coordination, dementia and death.  Death usually occurs within a year of the onset of symptoms.  Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a human disease and can be dormant for as long as thirty years.  The average age of onset is sixty years, but there are recorded instances of onset as easily as sixteen years and as old as 80 years.  It is estimated that, world-wide, between 0.5 and 1 case per million population occurs annually.  Increased incidence in some regions of the world has been attributed to the possibility of a genetic predisposition.  In the United States the incidence has been reported as being 0.9 deaths per million population attributable to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.  This is an inexact figure however, due to the fact that Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is not a reportable disease in the United States (Holman) and the Center for Disease Control does not actively monitor the disease (Altman).  To track the disease the Center for Disease Control has initiated a four-state study of death certificates (Altman), but since death certificates are not always accurate Davanpour) the survey may not provide an accurate assessment.  This leaves the true prevalence in the United States and other countries remaining a mystery.  Compounding the uncertainty, autopsies are rarely performed on atypical dementia patients (Harrison) because medical professionals fear infection (Altman).  The officially reported rate of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease incidence is less than one case per million people per year (World).  An informal survey of neuropathologists, however, registered a theoretical range of 2 - 21% of all dementia as actually Creutzfeldt-Jakob Dis...

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