Evaluation of a test for its suitability in the diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-204

  Cooper, J K ^a   Andrews, N ^b   Ladhani, K ^a   Bujaki, E ^a   Minor, P D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood collection, Prions, transfusion, transmissible infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIMATE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD COLLECTION, PRIONS, TRANSFUSION, TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DONOR SELECTION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; PLASMA; PRIMATES; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 84884282376     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12037     Document Type: Article

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