Research for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease : vCJD

本研究旨在为疯牛病的早期明确诊断、对可能的污染进行食品安全控制以及对可能发生的人vCJD的感染/风险控制和安全管理提供依据。为此，申请人及其合作者于2001/4至2003/3年度访问了以下研究所，并对其活动进行了查询。1)英国；伦敦神经病学研究所，2)爱尔兰；3)法国国家疾病监测中心；4)荷兰Bio Rad的Salpetriere医院国家监测委员会；疯牛病中心，5)德国；慕尼黑大学，意大利；巴勒莫大学，罗马大学，美国；国家卫生研究所。本报告对研究结果进行了总结，并于2002年11月25日由申请人组织在东京大学举行的国际学术研讨会上发表。在本次研讨会上，两位来自法国的贵宾应邀介绍了疯牛病和vCJD在法国的现状。

The present research was intended to establish the early and definite diagnosis of BSE, the food safety control against possible contamination and the infection/risk control and safety management of the possible occurrence of human vCJD. In order to fulfil this purpose, the applicants and their cooperators visited the following Institutes and searched their activities on 2001/4 - 2003/3. 1) United Kingdom ; Edinburgh NCJDSU, London Institute of Neurology, 2) Ireland ; National Disease Surveillance Centre, 3) France ; National Surveillance Committee, Salpetriere Hospital, Bio Rad, 4) Netherlands ; BSE Center, 5) Germany ; University of Muenchen, 6) Italy ; University of Palermo, University of Rome, 7) United States ; National Institute of Health.The results were summarized in this Report and presented in the International Symposium held in The University of Tokyo on November 25^<th>, 2002, which was organize by the applicant. In this Symposium, two distinguished guests from France were invited to present the current status of BSE and vCJD in France.