Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Autopsies, California

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Louie, Janice K. ; Gavali, Shilpa S. ; Belay, Ermias D. ; Trevejo, Rosalie ; Hammond, Lucinda H. ; Schonberger, Lawrence B. ; Vugia, Duc J.
• Description:
  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) surveillance relies on autopsy and neuropathologic evaluation. The 1990-2000 CJD autopsy rate in California was 21%. Most neurologists were comfortable diagnosing CJD (83%), but few pathologists felt comfortable diagnosing CJD (35%) or performing autopsy (29%). Addressing obstacles to autopsy is necessary to improve CJD surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Autopsy Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Data Collection Dispatch Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Neurology Pathology Physicians Population Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1677-1680.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:476f0b2e5f2ddfbfb2c7b93df37adbb64221620a1ef97cfaea679e0adf69a8d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7782/cdc_7782_DS1.pdf
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