Neurology
Volume 35, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 894-895

High incidence of creutzfeldt-jakob disease in north african immigrants to france (Article)

Cathala F. , Brown P.* , LeCanuet P. , Gajdusek D.C.
  • a Laboratoire de Neurovirologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
  • b Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
  • c Laboratoire de Neurovirologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
  • d Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States

Abstract

During the 15-year period 1968-1982,328 French residents died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); 273 had been bom in France (annual mortality rate of 0.38 per million inhabitants). Of the 55 foreign- born cases, 12 came from Tunisia and 11 from Algeria (mortality rates of 4.53 and 0.95 per million). Nearly all of the Tunisians were Jews, and six belonged to two families. These findings complement earlier observations on Libyan- born Israelis, but still do not discriminate between genetic or environmental causal factors, which will require epidemiologic investigation of CJD in North Africa. © 1985 American Academy of Neurology.

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central nervous system Algeria Dementia Portugal France human epidemiology Poland priority journal geographic distribution Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome creutzfeldt jakob disease Spain Incidence diagnosis Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Africa, Northern age Italy Tunisia etiology
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ISSN: 00283878
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English