Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease surveillance in Spain, 1993–2021

BackgroundVariant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) is a fatal transmissible prion disorder attributed primarily to the ingestion of meat from cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and it can also be transmitted through blood transfusions and occupational exposure in laboratories. As of July 2024, 233 deaths had been recorded in 12 countries, mostly in the United Kingdom (...