Risk of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease transmission by blood transfusion in Australia

Background and Objectives Most of the 233 worldwide cases of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) have been reported in the United Kingdom and 3 have been associated with transfusion‐transmission. To mitigate the potential vCJD risk to blood safety, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood imposes restric...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vox sanguinis 2022-08, Vol.117 (8), p.1016-1026
Hauptverfasser:	McManus, Hamish, Seed, Clive R., Hoad, Veronica C., Kiely, Philip, Kaldor, John M., Styles, Claire E., Yang, Hong, Law, Matthew, Gosbell, Iain B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blood & organ donations Blood donors Blood transfusion Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Contamination Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Disease control Disease transmission Genotypes Infections Risk Transfusion transfusion‐transmission Travel variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease vCJD
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