Publication: Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Date
2014
Authors
Zafar, Saima
Ponto, Claudia
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Publisher
Centers Disease Control
Abstract
We report the presence of infectivity in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and plasma of 1 person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and in the plasma of 2 in 4 persons whose tests were positive for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The measured infectivity levels were comparable to those reported in various animals with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.