Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Eastern Slovakia from 2004 to 2016.

Objectives: An extraordinary incidence of genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) appearing in clusters in the Slovak Republic was described in the 1990's. The aim of the study was to analyse data of CJD cases obtained from surveillance in Eastern Slovakia (ES) (2004-2016), the region outside the described geographical clusters.

Methods: The database set in the project was the source for epidemiological and clinical analysis of CJD cases.