§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of(a) sporadic, (b) iatrogenic, (c) familial, (d) Gerst-Straussler syndrome and (e) new variant CJD have been recorded in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [17152]
§ Mr. HoramUpdated figures of deaths in definite and probably cases of all types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are published monthly by the Department of Health.
Copies of the latest press release dated 3 February 1997 have been placed in the Library.
Since the figures were published, a further case of nvCJD has been diagnosed in a patient who is still alive.