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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the risks from blood transfusion
196 people have died from vCJD in the UK since it was first detected in 1996. While the primary route of transmission has been through eating infected meat, concern has recently focussed on onward human to human transmission. In this article Dr Azra Ghani reviews vCJD and the risks from blood transfusion. Read…
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UK patients' vCJD risk warning
Published by BBC News: Health 6 months ago.
Experts say patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease face substantial risk.
