A critical perspective of prion disease surveillance in Brazil
In this period, the expected number of cases for the Brazilian population would be 3,200. Additionally to underreporting, the data shared by MH is limited due to the use of a database destined to mainly observe epidemic outbreaks and mismatches between official documents. Despite some progress since 2005, PrD surveillance in Brazil faces significant problems, due to the inaccurate treatment of these data and the lack of a specific database for CJD.
Authors
- José Eriton Gomes da Cunha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0603-7782)
- Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-2024)
- Maria Luiza Vasconcelos Montenegro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-8802)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Universidade de Pernambuco (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2026.1762241
- Primary Topic
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00