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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Alcalde-Cabero, Enrique author Almazan-Isla, Javier author Brandel, Jean-Philippe author Breithaupt, M author Catarino, J author Collins, S author Hayback, J author Hoftberger, R author Kahana, E author Kovacs, G G author Ladogana, A author Mitrova, E author Molesworth, A author Nakamura, Y author Pocchiari, M author Popovic, M author Ruiz-Tovar, Maria author Taratuto, Al author van Duijn, C author Yamada, M author Will, R G author Zerr, I author Pedro-Cuesta, Jesus de author 2012-04-12 In 2009, a pathologist with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) was reported to the Spanish registry. This case prompted a request for information on health-related occupation in sCJD cases from countries participating in the European Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance network (EuroCJD). Responses from registries in 21 countries revealed that of 8,321 registered cases, 65 physicians or dentists, two of whom were pathologists, and another 137 healthcare workers had been identified with sCJD. Five countries reported 15 physicians and 68 other health professionals among 2,968 controls or non-cases, suggesting no relative excess of sCJD among healthcare professionals. A literature review revealed: (i) 12 case or small case-series reports of 66 health professionals with sCJD, and (ii) five analytical studies on health-related occupation and sCJD, where statistically significant findings were solely observed for persons working at physicians' offices (odds ratio: 4.6 (95 CI: 1.2-17.6)). We conclude that a wide spectrum of medical specialities and health professions are represented in sCJD cases and that the data analysed do not support any overall increased occupational risk for health professionals. Nevertheless, there may be a specific risk in some professions associated with direct contact with high human-infectivity tissue. Euro Surveill . 2012 Apr 12;17(15):20144. 10.2807/ese.17.15.20144-en 1560-7917 Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 22516047 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/12833 Health professions and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 1965 to 2010.