title: The epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Canada: a review of mortality data.
abstract: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and particularly its transmissibility through blood and blood products, has become a focus of concern in Canada. The recent identification of new variant CJD led to a review of the Canadian mortality database to identify any clustering of CJD by age, sex, or geographic location.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stratton
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ricketts
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gully
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015981:Epidemiologic Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged