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- Title
Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
- Authors
Douet, Jean Yves; Zafar, Saima; Perret-Liaudet, Armand; Lacroux, Caroline; Lugan, Séverine; Aron, Naima; Cassard, Herve; Ponto, Claudia; Corbière, Fabien; Torres, Juan Maria; Zerr, Inga; Andreoletti, Olivier
- 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.
- Subjects
CREUTZFELDT-Jakob disease; PRION disease diagnosis; CHRONIC wasting disease; ERYTHROCYTES; LEUCOCYTES; BLOOD plasma
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2001.130353