TABLE 1.

Corneal Transplantation–associated CJD Cases

Reference	Year of Death/Report	Country of Report	Recipient Age at Death/CJD Onset (y)*	Possible Incubation Periods	Donor Information
					Age (y)	Cause of Death
Duffy et al8	1974†	United States	56	1 y, 6 mo	55	Autopsy-confirmed CJD
Uchiyama et al11	1992	Japan	63	1 y, 3 mo	NA	NA
Heckmann et al10	1996	Germany	46	30 y	63	Autopsy-confirmed CJD
				12 y	NA	NA
Rabinstein et al12	2002†	United States	56‡	6 y; 4 y; 2 y	NA	NA
Hammersmith et al3	2002	United States	80	23 y, 8 mo	NA	NA
				14 y, 6 mo	40	NA
Heinemann et al4	2005	Germany	62‡	13 y	NA	Heart disease
Case 1	2000	United States	68	11 y, 5 mo	44	Myocardial infarction and respiratory failure
				9 y, 10 mo	16	Trauma (motor vehicle accident)
Case 2	2002	Japan	60	2 y, 11 mo	73	Lung cancer
Case 3	2006	United States	58	18 y	17	Suicide
Case 4	2006	United States	66	7 y, 6 mo	59	Myocardial infarction

^*All recipients’ CJD diagnoses confirmed by autopsy except patient reported by Heckmann et al and case 2.

^†Year of case report.

^‡Patient’s age at illness onset.

NA, not available.