Question 1

how high does a cooking temperature have to be to kill creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

No temp is ok: Creutzfeldt jacob disease is transmitted by a small agent called a prion which is an abnormal protein which can replicate by changing the structure of protein like it when ingested. It is not destroyed by the normal temperatures used in cooking or even sterilizing, and therefore the disease can not be prevented in this fashion.

Question 2

at what temperature does creutzfeldt-jakob disease virus in beef get killed when cooked?

Accepted Answer

Not "killed": The agent of cjd (misfolded protein or prion) is not a virus as there is no dna or RNA in it. It is unfortunately extremely resistant to inactivation and there is no evidence that cooking eliminates risk, i.e., you cannot cook contaminated meat enough to make it safe.

Question 3

creutzfeldt-jakob disease affects what body system?

Accepted Answer

Brain: Prions, which causes cjd, infects the central nervous system mainly the brain.

Question 4

how contagious is creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

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Not very: Cjd can not be transmitted by a cough or sneeze of even skin contact. It can only be transmitted if there is direct ingestion of the brain of infected people, or an animal with a similar disease. It can be transmitted with exposure to contaminated surgical instruments. Since normal sterilization does not work, this has been described but is very very rare.

Question 5

can you get creutzfeldt jakob disease from a drop of blood touching you?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: Cjd or variant cjd (mad cow disease) is not transmitted by casual contact, and spouses or other family members have no higher risk than general population. A few cases of variant cjd have been reported after blood transfusion, but this put a large amount of contaminated blood directly into the body. Transmission from some blood on unbroken skin has never been reported and is very unlikely.

Question 6

what's creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

Prion disease: Classic cjd is a human prion disease. It is a neurodegenerative disorder with characteristic clinical and diagnostic features, including ataia, seizures, dementia. This disease is rapidly progressive and always fatal. Infection with this disease leads to death usually within 1 year of onset of illness.  For more information please consult the following website: http://www.Cdc.Gov/ncidod/dvrd/cjd/.

Question 7

what causes creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

Prion disease: Creutzfeld jakob is a disease caused by what are referred to as prions.  These are small 'virus-like"(but not actual viruses) segments of genetic material that can be transmitted by eating raw flesh infected with the disease(occurs in cannibals) or transmitted via poorly decontaminated surgical equipment that had been exposed to such.

Question 8

what is iatrogenic creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd)?

Accepted Answer

Caused by hospital: Cjd is iatrogenic if the agent which causes the disease, called a prion, is transmitted using contaminated medical instruments or materials.  They can contaminate neurosurgical instruments used on the brain of people with the disease.  Exposed instruments need very unique sterilization procedures, so rare cases have been reported where the instruments remained contaminated and disease transmitted.

Question 9

can i get creutzfeldt-jakob disease from medical procedures?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: 4 cases linked to neurosurgical equipment and 2 from eeg depth electrodes. No equipment related cases since 1976 when specialized sterilization techniques were introduced. Other sources of transmission (244 cases) have included human growth hormone, and corneal & dura mater grafts.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/cjd/qa_cjd_infection_control.htm.

Question 10

are there acute and chronic forms of creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

No: This is an awful and fortunately extremely rare form of a deadly disease. Cjd is thought to be caused by a protein called a prion. The long and short of it....There is no cure.

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