Brazilian Prion Disease Deaths from 2005 to 2010 with Biosafety Analysis

133 deaths from prion diseases were recorded in Brazil between 2005 and 2010, including 1 case of Kuru and 132 cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The data was extracted from the Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Researcher Camila Abdalla de Oliveira Cardoso conducted the study to analyze these deaths and establish related biosafety measures for health professionals.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal and demographic trends in prion disease mortality based on the national death registry.
• Assessing biosafety risks for healthcare workers based on the classification of prions by risk level.
• Studying the prevalence of specific prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease within a broader infectious disease context.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 6-year period from January 2005 to December 2010.
• Source is the official national Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
• Includes a specific count of 133 prion disease cases categorized by type (Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob).

Limitations

• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

Collection Method

Survey of death records.

Time Range

January 2005 to December 2010.

Geography

Brazil.