These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and blood transfusion.
    Author: Fernandez Lopez MJ, Van Everbroeck B, Pals P, Martin JJ, Cras P.
    Journal: Acta Neurol Belg; 1998 Sep; 98(3):247-51. PubMed ID: 9801705.
    Abstract:
    Experimental data suggest that blood components from patients with CJD may carry infectivity. However, most of the studies have been made on the classic form of CJD. Further studies are needed to discern whether infectivity levels in blood from patients with the nvCJD differ from those with the classic form. Possibility of transmission of CJD by blood or blood products can not be excluded and therefore adequate surveillance should be implemented. People who have been exposed to contaminated blood should be followed, while recommendations are being adapted according to new scientific data on infectivity.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]