Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a recipient of a dura mater graft processed in the US: Cause or coincidence?

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 62-66

  Dobbins, James G ^a   Belay, Ermias D ^a,e   Malecki, Jean ^b   Buck, Bill E ^c   Bell, Michael ^d   Cobb, Judy ^b   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Palm Beach County ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dura mater; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; DURA MATER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RECIPIENT; TISSUE GRAFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033997234     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026240     Document Type: Article

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