Publications

diagnostic evaluation for creutzfeldt-jakob disease in massachusetts, 1991-2001.	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.	2005	16107981
accuracy of administrative diagnostic data for pathologically confirmed cases of creutzfeldt-jakob disease in massachusetts, 2000-2008.	creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd) is a transmissible disorder that is monitored by public health authorities at the state and national levels in the united states. little is known about the current accuracy and concurrence of cjd diagnoses across national and state sources of surveillance data.	2014	24721779