Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in UK children after 27 years of active prospective surveillance
This study has provided unique data about neurodegenerative diseases in UK children. There is no reliable vCJD screening test; so for 27 years, the PIND study has provided reassurance that childhood vCJD cases were not missed. New vCJD cases with the methionine/valine genotype could appear.
Authors
- Polly Maunder
- Anne Marie Winstone
- Christopher Verity (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-6809)
- Elaine Baker
- Suvankar Pal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-639X)
Institutions
- Western General Hospital (GB)
- Addenbrooke's Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-328472
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81