| Abstract | A study was set up in the UK in 1997 to examine whether there is any evidence that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is transmitted by blood transfusion. To date, the study has identified three probable cases of vCJD transmission by blood transfusion, including two clinical cases and one pre- (or sub-) clinical case. |
| Authors | P Hewitt
(Affiliation: National Blood Service, 75, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORB, UK. patricia.hewitt at nbs.nhs.uk)
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| Journal | Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Société française de transfusion sanguine
(Transfus Clin Biol)
Vol. 13
Issue 5
Pg. 312-6
(Nov 2006)
ISSN: 1246-7820 France |
| PMID | 17188541
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Blood Transfusion
(adverse effects, standards)
- Cattle
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
(epidemiology, mortality, prevention & control, transmission)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
(epidemiology)
- Great Britain
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Scrapie
(epidemiology)
- Survival Analysis
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