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Assessing the implications for blood donors if recipients are infected with vCJD

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health. Standards and Quality Analytical Team
  • Published date:
    20 July 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    5238
  • Pages:
    19
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

Existing analyses consider the risk of a recipient of blood or blood products being infected, if the donor were to be incubating the disease. The purpose of this note is to help the CJD (Creutzfeldt - Jacob Disease) Incidents Panel consider the 'reverse' situation, in which a recipient is found to have the disease, with the donor (or donors) so far remaining free of symptoms.

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