Although there is no evidence that classical CJD (cCJD) can be transmitted by human blood
or blood products in clinical practice, uncertainties surrounding new variant CJD (nvCJD) …

Protein products prepared from pooled human plasma are an essential class of therapeutics
used mostly to control bleeding and/or immunological disorders. Because of the human …

The emergence of the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the mid 1990s soon raised
concerns about its possible transmission through the use of blood and plasma-derived …

Various experimental studies have shown infectivity in blood in relation to bovine
spongiform encephalitis (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD). Human to …

A substantial body of animal data indicates that transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSEs) are transmitted through blood. These data have been augmented in the past year by …

Prions are infectious proteins believed to be responsible for a variety of progressive and
fatal neurodegenerative diseases, collectively referred to as transmissible spongiform …

The incidence of BSE in Europe is in continued decline. At present, iatrogenic transmission
from person to person is considered a serious threat to public health. This report of the …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), a fatal brain
disease of humans, first appeared in the mid-1990s, as a result of the bovine spongiform …

There have been four highly probable instances of variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease
(vCJD) transmission by non‐leucocyte depleted red cell concentrates and it is now clear that …

This edition of Transfusion Medicine contains an article by S. Dealler outlining his personal
assessment of the potential risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to humans …