New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD): the risk of transmission by blood transfusion and the potential benefit of leukocyte-reduction of blood components

Transfus Med Rev. 1999 Apr;13(2):75-83. doi: 10.1016/s0887-7963(99)80001-7.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / classification
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* / transmission
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / classification
  • Humans
  • Leukapheresis / methods
  • Transfusion Reaction*
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology