Neurons
Ryan A. Maddox, PhD, on Prion Disease Incidence in the United States
05/01/2022
In this episode, Ryan Maddox, PhD, discusses his team's latest study on the incidence of prion disease in the United States from 2003 to 2015, and also examines the topic in context of his prior research in this area.
Ryan A. Maddox, PhD, is an epidemiologist in the Prion and Public Health Office of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Additional Resources:
- Maddox RA, Person MK, Blevins JE, et al. Prion disease incidence in the United States: 2003-2015. Neurology. 2020;94(2):e153-e157. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000008680.
- Surveillance for vCJD. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated October 24, 2019. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/vcjd/surveillance.html.
- Sterilizing practices: guideline for disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities (2008). Infection Control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated September 18, 2016. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/sterilization/sterilizing-practices.html.
- Prion diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated October 9, 2018. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/index.html.
- NIH study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques [press release]. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); April 25, 2018. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-finds-no-chronic-wasting-disease-transmissibility-macaques. Accessed February 20, 2020.