Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
We report the presence of infectivity in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and plasma of 1 person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and in the plasma of 2 in 4 persons whose tests were positive for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The measured infectivity levels were comparable to those reported in...
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doaj-5fc1a55d08814dbc895c7ebe76694a702020-11-25T01:58:50ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592014-01-0120111411710.3201/eid2001.130353Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseJean Yves DouetSaima ZafarArmand Perret-LiaudetCaroline LacrouxSéverine LuganNaima AronHerve CassardClaudia PontoFabien CorbièreJuan Maria TorresInga ZerrOlivier AndreolettiWe report the presence of infectivity in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and plasma of 1 person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and in the plasma of 2 in 4 persons whose tests were positive for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The measured infectivity levels were comparable to those reported in various animals with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0353_articleCreutzfeldt-JakobvCJDsCJDprionbloodinfectivity |
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Jean Yves Douet Saima Zafar Armand Perret-Liaudet Caroline Lacroux Séverine Lugan Naima Aron Herve Cassard Claudia Ponto Fabien Corbière Juan Maria Torres Inga Zerr Olivier Andreoletti |
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Jean Yves Douet Saima Zafar Armand Perret-Liaudet Caroline Lacroux Séverine Lugan Naima Aron Herve Cassard Claudia Ponto Fabien Corbière Juan Maria Torres Inga Zerr Olivier Andreoletti Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Emerging Infectious Diseases Creutzfeldt-Jakob vCJD sCJD prion blood infectivity |
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Jean Yves Douet Saima Zafar Armand Perret-Liaudet Caroline Lacroux Séverine Lugan Naima Aron Herve Cassard Claudia Ponto Fabien Corbière Juan Maria Torres Inga Zerr Olivier Andreoletti |
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Jean Yves Douet |
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Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
title_full |
Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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detection of infectivity in blood of persons with variant and sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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1080-6040 1080-6059 |
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2014-01-01 |
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We report the presence of infectivity in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and plasma of 1 person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and in the plasma of 2 in 4 persons whose tests were positive for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The measured infectivity levels were comparable to those reported in various animals with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob vCJD sCJD prion blood infectivity |
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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0353_article |
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