Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease autopsies, California.
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.
Louie
Janice K
JK
California Emerging Infections Program, Richmond, California, USA. jlouie@dhs.ca.gov
Gavali
Shilpa S
SS
Belay
Ermias D
ED
Trevejo
Rosalie
R
Hammond
Lucinda H
LH
Schonberger
Lawrence B
LB
Vugia
Duc J
DJ
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