"New-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: The Risk of Transmission by Blood Transfusion."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Blood Reviews, "New-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) was first described in the U.K. in 1996 and is thought to be related to the consumption of cattle suffering from bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Although only 29 cases have been confirmed to date, it is too early to predict the number of people who may currently be incubating the disease. Past experience suggests that sporadic CJD is rarely, if ever, spread by blood transfusion. However, it is unclear whether nvCJD may be transmissible by this route and if so, how easily. Assessing the potential risk of transmission of nvCJD by blood transfusion and evaluating...

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