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Mad Cow Disease (cont.)

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References

Citations

  1. American Red Cross (2009). Eligibility requirements: Donating blood. Available online: http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.

  2. Canadian Blood Services (2005). Deferral policies for vCJD. Available online: http://www.bloodservices.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/Deferral+Policies+for+vCJD?OpenDocument.

  3. Manuelidis L, et al. (2007). Cells infected with scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agents produce intracellular 25-nm virus-like particles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104(6): 1965–1970.

Other Works Consulted

  • González-Scarano F (2008). Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies section of Central nervous system diseases due to slow viruses and prions. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 11, chap. 17. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.

  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Fact sheet: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/vcjd/factsheet_nvcjd.htm.

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ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerW. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
Last RevisedMarch 24, 2011

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