TY - JOUR AU - Louie, Janice K. AU - Gavali, Shilpa S. AU - Belay, Ermias D. AU - Trevejo, Rosalie AU - Hammond, Lucinda H. AU - Schonberger, Lawrence B. AU - Vugia, Duc J. T1 - Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Autopsies, California T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 9 SP - 1677 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease KW - CJD KW - variant KW - transmissible spongiform encephalopathy KW - TSE KW - prion KW - surveillance KW - autopsy KW - dispatch KW - California KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1009.040066 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/9/04-0066_article ER - End of Reference