| COUNTRY |
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIMARY CASES
(NUMBER ALIVE) |
TOTAL NUMBER OF SECONDARY CASES: BLOOD
TRANSFUSION
(NUMBER
ALIVE) |
CUMULATIVE RESIDENCE IN UK > 6 MONTHS
DURING PERIOD 1980-1996 |
| UK |
173 (0) |
3 (0) |
176 |
| France |
27 (2) |
- |
1 |
| Republic of Ireland |
4 (0) |
- |
2 |
| Italy |
2 (0) |
- |
0 |
| USA |
3
(0) |
- |
2 |
| Canada |
2 (0) |
- |
1 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 (0) |
- |
0 |
| Japan |
1* (0) |
- |
0 |
| Netherlands |
3 (0) |
- |
0 |
| Portugal |
2 (0) |
- |
0 |
| Spain |
5 (0) |
- |
0 |
| Taiwan |
1 (0) |
- |
1 |
the third US patient with vCJD was born and raised in Saudi
Arabia and has lived permanently in the United States since late 2005.
According to the US case-report, the patient was most likely infected as a child
when living in Saudi Arabia.
*the case from Japan had resided in the UK for 24 days in the period
1980-1996.
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