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COVID-19 testing and reporting behaviours in England across different sociodemographic groups: a population-based study using testing data and data from community prevalence surveillance surveys.
Lancet Digit Health
November 2024
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. Electronic address:
Background: Understanding underlying mechanisms of heterogeneity in test-seeking and reporting behaviour during an infectious disease outbreak can help to protect vulnerable populations and guide equity-driven interventions. The COVID-19 pandemic probably exerted different stresses on individuals in different sociodemographic groups and ensuring fair access to and usage of COVID-19 tests was a crucial element of England's testing programme. We aimed to investigate the relationship between sociodemographic factors and COVID-19 testing behaviours in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUpdated global epidemiology atlas of human prion diseases.
Front Public Health
June 2024
National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Article Synopsis
- Human prion diseases (PrD) are fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative conditions, including CJD and vCJD, that have raised global health concerns, especially following the BSE outbreak.
- A comprehensive analysis from 1993 to 2020 of PrD case numbers was conducted using data from various international surveillance programs, revealing a growing trend in reported cases worldwide.
- The findings showed over 27,000 PrD cases, predominantly in higher-income countries, highlighting a lack of surveillance in many low-income nations, suggesting underreporting of these diseases globally.
Assessing the risk of transfusion-transmitted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a European perspective.
Blood Transfus
September 2024
Joint Professional Advisory Committee of the UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services (JPAC), London, United Kingdom.
Article Synopsis
- Some countries are changing their rules about blood donation because they believe the risk of a disease called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) has decreased since it was a big concern in the past, especially in the UK.
- Experts held a meeting to talk about how to learn more about the disease and how to keep people safe during blood transfusions.
- They agreed that the risk of getting vCJD from blood donors who traveled or received blood in the UK is very low now, and it's important for experts in Europe to work together to create safer guidelines for blood donation.
Absence of evidence of transfusion transmission risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United States: Results froma 28-year lookback study.
Transfusion
June 2024
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Background: For many years, there has been concern about the risk of transmission of classic forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) by blood transfusion, particularly after the recognition of such transmission of variant CJD (vCJD). We report on a 28-year lookback study of recipients of blood from donors who subsequently developed CJD.
Methods: Patients with diagnosed CJD and a history of blood donation were identified.
A review of the enhanced CJD surveillance feasibility study in the elderly in Scotland, UK.
BMC Geriatr
January 2024
National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.
Background: Variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (vCJD) arose from dietary contamination with bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy (BSE). Because of concerns that vCJD-cases might be missed in the elderly, a feasibility study of enhanced CJD surveillance on the elderly was begun in 2016. Recruitment was lower than predicted.
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