Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System

The Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Surveillance System (CJDSS) is a unit of the Public Health Agency of Canada. It studies the various variants of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and at least as of 2017, assisted with DNA sequencing, autopsy and case confirmation. As of 2014, the CJDSS conducted prospective national surveillance for all types of human prion disease in Canada. The main purposes of the CJDSS [were then] to better understand the epidemiology of human prion diseases, to improve the options available for their rapid and accurate diagnosis, and ultimately to protect the health of Canadians by reducing risks of prion disease transmission.

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