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AU Hewitt,P.E.
TI vCJD and blood transfusion in the United Kingdom
QU Transfusion Clinique et Biologique 2006 Nov; 13(5): 312-6
PT journal article; research support, non-u.s. gov't
AB 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.
MH 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
AD National Blood Service, 75, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORB, UK. patricia.hewitt@nbs.nhs.uk
SP englisch
PO Frankreich