Italy reports first vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) case
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Italy's health ministry has announced the first suspected case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is the first since the national vCJD registry was set up in 1993. Italy has pledged to tighten controls surrounding the disease, an issue currently high on the agenda at EU level.