Can mortality data provide reliable indicators for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance? A study in France from 2000 to 2008

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 188-192

  Brandel, Jean Philippe ^a,b,c,d,e   Welaratne, Arlette ^a   Salomon, Dominique ^b,d   Capek, Isabelle ^f   Vaillant, Véronique ^f   Aouaba, Albertine ^b   Haïk, Stéphane ^a,b,c,d,e   Alpérovitch, Annick ^b,d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e CNR des ATNC   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Evaluation of surveillance systems; Mortality register

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRANCE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80155189604     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332764     Document Type: Article

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