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Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease: Background, Evolution, and Current Concerns.
EID. January-February
2001; 7(1):6-16.
CDC
and Florida Department of Health investigate a likely
case of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in a U.K.
citizen residing in the U.S.
CDC Press Release, April
18, 2002
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National
Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence
of Variant Cases.
EID. October-December
1996;2(4):333-337.
Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease by blood transfusion.
Llewelyn CA, Hewitt PE, et
al. Lancet 2004;363:417-421.
Preclinical vCJD after blood transfusion in a PRNP
codon 129 heterozygous patient.
Peden AH, Head
MW, et al. Lancet 2004;264:527-529.
Probable
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a U.S. Resident
-- Florida, 2002
MMWR.October
18, 2002;51(41):927-929.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Humans  PDF
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KB / 32 pages)
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