Fact sheets

The Department of Health, Western Australia, does not produce fact sheets on this topic.

Public Health action

• Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
• OD 0134/08 Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (CJD) screening, risk assessment and management

Notifiable disease data and reports

• Up-to-date Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease notification data

• General infectious disease reports 

Additional sources of information  

• National Infection Control Guidelines

Case definition

Issues relating to confirmation and notification of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are yet to be resolved. Once resolved, the CJD surveillance case definition will be made available on the Communicable Diseases Australia website.