Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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The following is an overview of the emerging issue of handling the dead human body with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. The purpose is to educate the reader to what the disease is and is not and to better prepare the funeral service professional cremationist to service clientele while protecting the public end employees of the crematory. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a relatively new disease having been first identified by researchers naming the syndrome after themselves around 1920. The last three years has seen a dramatic increase in the awareness of the disease. However, many researchers agree that worldwide that there has not been a true increase in the number of new cases. The attention has in many instances confirmed existing cases of CJD. These cases may have gone undetected or misdiagnosed without the acute worldwide attention the disease has gained.
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