Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

General Information

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a Rare and Invariably Fatal Brain Disorder

Prion diseases are a group of rare, invariably fatal brain disorders which occur both in humans and certain animals.

In humans the best known of the prion diseases is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), which reportedly affects around one person per million per year. In the United States this translates to 250-300 new cases per year.