Blood Transfusion and Spread of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) may be transmissible by blood. To prevent secondary transmission through blood components, several countries have started to exclude as donors persons who have received a blood transfusion. We investigated the effectiveness of this measure by using a dynamic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-01-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/1/06-0396_article |