Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australian blood donors: Estimation of risk and the impact of deferral strategies

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-11

  Correll, P K ^a   Law, M G ^a   Seed, C R ^b   Gust, A ^c   Buring, M ^d   Dax, E M ^c   Keller, A J ^d   Kaldor, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Australian Red Cross Blood Service   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood banks; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035412595     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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