Diagnostic Evaluation for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Massachusetts, 1991-2001 | Zendy

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Diagnostic Evaluation for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Massachusetts, 1991-2001

Author(s) -

Manuel López Jara,

Betsey John,

Silvia Kreindel,

Elizabeth WilkRivard,

Alfred DeMaria

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/432723

Subject(s) - medicine , disease , creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , virology , pathology , prion protein

Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the United States has become a focus of public health attention due to concerns about disease acquired through exposure to transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in other species. A definitive diagnosis requires neuropathologic examination, yet concerns about the invasiveness of procedures and infection control may be barriers to brain biopsy or autopsy in patients with suspected CJD.

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