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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) Learning Center
Prevention could include:
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Sterilization of Prion-Contaminated Materials
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Medical equipment is sterilized to kill organisms that may cause the disease. Persons who have a medical history of diagnosed or possible CJD are not used as cornea donors.
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There is no known way to prevent sporadic CJD, by far the most common type. Not everyone who inherits the gene mutation for familial CJD will develop the disease, but at present, there is no known way to predict who will and who won't succumb. The...
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