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Woman dies in South Korea variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
SEOUL, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) South Korean health authorities confirmed the death of a woman by an acquired form of the disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob neurogenerativa (evil human variant of mad cow disease). According to media reports citing Center today for Disease Control and Professor Kim Yun-joon, Hallym University, this case, the first of its kind in the country, could become infected during surgery for a brain transplant done 23 years ago. In 54 years of age, The woman was diagnosed with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (ECJi), which appears by the use of surgical operations on the brain tissue, after his death in July this year. This patient had no symptoms at 20 years, but suffered some type of facial paralysis in 2010, according to Kim. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a neurological disease with genetic forms hereditary and contagious, caused by a protein called a prion (PrP). His variant Acquired transmitted by direct exposure to PrP, by contact with brain tissue or nervous system infection. Also tested the transmission through certain medical procedures such as this case. So far they have been reported about 400 cases of ECJi in 20 countries. mv
Spanish to English translation
Woman dies in South Korea variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
SEOUL, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) South Korean health authorities confirmed the death of a woman by an acquired form of the disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob neurogenerativa (evil human variant of mad cow disease). According to media reports citing Center today for Disease Control and Professor Kim Yun-joon, Hallym University, this case, the first of its kind in the country, could become infected during surgery for a brain transplant done 23 years ago. In 54 years of age, The woman was diagnosed with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (ECJi), which appears by the use of surgical operations on the brain tissue, after his death in July this year. This patient had no symptoms at 20 years, but suffered some type of facial paralysis in 2010, according to Kim. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a neurological disease with genetic forms hereditary and contagious, caused by a protein called a prion (PrP). His variant Acquired transmitted by direct exposure to PrP, by contact with brain tissue or nervous system infection. Also tested the transmission through certain medical procedures such as this case. So far they have been reported about 400 cases of ECJi in 20 countries. mv
