Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion.

Background: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a novel human prion disease caused by infection with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Epidemiological evidence does not suggest that sporadic CJD is transmitted from person to person via blood transfusion, but this evidence...

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Publicado en:	Lancet Vol. 363; no. 9407; pp. 417 - 422
Autores principales:	Llewelyn CA, Hewitt PE, Knight RSG, Amar K, Cousens S, Mackenzie J, Will RG, Llewelyn, C A, Hewitt, P E, Knight, R S G, Amar, K, Cousens, S, Mackenzie, J, Will, R G
Formato:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	Lancet 2/7/2004
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