First case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported in a United States resident

Last week, the first case of probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in a United States (US) resident was documented in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (1). The patient, a 22 year old woman living in Florida, first developed neuropsychiatric symptoms in November 2001, and was initially reported in April 2002 (2).