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Posible transmisión de la variante de la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob por transfusión de sangre
C A Llewelyn1, P E Hewitt, R S G Knight
1National Blood Service, Cambridge Centre, Cambridge CB2 2PT, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 14, 2004
Resumen
Variante de la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) puede ser transmisible a través de la transfusión de sangre. Un receptor desarrolló vCJD 6,5 años después de la transfusión de un donante que más tarde desarrolló la enfermedad, lo que sugiere posibles vías de transmisión de persona a persona.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Enfermedades infecciosas Enfermedades infecciosas.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La variante de la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) es una nueva enfermedad priónica humana vinculada a la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina (BSE).
- Si bien la transmisión esporádica de la ECJ a través de la sangre no es evidente, la transmisibilidad de la ECJ v a través de la sangre sigue sin confirmarse.
- Este estudio investigó el potencial de transmisión de la ECJ por transfusión de sangre.
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