title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and related diseases in France from 1998 to 2000.
abstract: In France, the number of reports of suspected CJD increased from 1998 to 2000, probably due to the increase in the requests for biological tests: respectively 459 in 1998, 590 in 1999, and 823 in 2000. For all three years, the distribution by sex is similar, with a sex ratio (M/F) of 1.05. The proportion of suspected cases aged under 50 remained stable (16% of all reports in 1998-2000). The number of sporadic CJD, confirmed or probable, was stable, with a mortality ratio of 1.38 per one million in 1998, 1.56 in 1999, and 1.41 in 2000.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Veille Sanitaire.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaillant
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D003062:Codon; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D003062:Codon