vCJD tissue distribution and transmission by transfusion--a worst-case scenario coming true?

Lancet. 2004 Feb 7;363(9407):411-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15520-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission*
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious*
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / blood
  • Humans
  • Prions / blood*
  • Prions / physiology
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Transfusion Reaction*
  • Tropism / physiology

Substances

  • Prions