NR ADJG
AU Dickmeiss,E.; Gerstoft,J.
TI Blood infectivity in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
QU APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, et Immunologica Scandinavica 2002 Jan; 110(1): 99-103
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB Blood infectivity in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) is reviewed with special emphasis on transmission by blood transfusion in human beings. It is concluded that transmission by transfusion seems biologically plausible as regards variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), albeit present knowledge suggests that it is extremely uncommon. Precautionary measures against the putative risk of vCJD transmission by blood transfusion are discussed.
ZR 24
MH Animal; Blood Transfusion/adverse effects; Disease Transmission, Horizontal; Human; Prion Diseases/blood/*transmission; Prions/*blood
AD Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. dickmeis@rh.dk
SP englisch
PO Dänemark
OR Prion-Krankheiten D