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 restri...

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Autores principales: McManus, Hamish, Seed, Clive R., Hoad, Veronica C., Kiely, Philip, Kaldor, John M., Styles, Claire E., Yang, Hong, Law, Matthew, Gosbell, Iain B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35609012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vox.13290

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