title: Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease autopsies, California.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: California Emerging Infections Program, Richmond, California, USA. jlouie@dhs.ca.gov
authors.forename: Janice K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: Shilpa S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gavali
authors.forename: Ermias D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Belay
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trevejo
authors.forename: Lucinda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Lawrence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Schonberger
authors.forename: Duc J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vugia
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D010336:Pathology; D010820:Physicians; D011159:Population Surveillance