Risk reduction strategies for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission by UK plasma products and their impact on patients with inherited bleeding disorders.

SUMMARY: The appearance and rapid evolution of BSE in UK cattle in the mid 1980s, with compelling data supporting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) as its human manifestation, pose a potentially severe threat to public health. Three clinical cases and one asymptomatic case of vCJD infection h...

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Main Authors: Millar, C, Connor, N, Dolan, G, Lee, C, Makris, M, Wilde, J, Winter, M, Ironside, J, Gill, N, Hill, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010