Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease surveillance in Spain, 1993–2021
Spain is the third most affected country by vCJD. Interruption of beef imports from the UK and control of the local BSE epizootic may have helped control vCJD in Spain since 2009. The increase in vCJD deaths through occupational exposures in laboratory work in other countries since 2016 should act as a warning signal for the surveillance of all forms of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Authors
- J.R. Ara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-2083)
- Julio Isla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7975-829X)
- Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
- Calero
- María Ruiz-Tovar
Institutions
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1780793
- Primary Topic
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III