CJD is a disease caused by a misfolding protein, called a prion. (PREE-on) Prion diseases are a group of rare and fatal brain diseases which occur in both humans and animals. In humans, it is known as CJD. Cows get BSE, which stands for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Deer and elk contract CWD, or chronic wasting disease. There is no cure or clinical diagnosis for CJD. There is no cure for any of the diseases in the prion family.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

The realities of vCJD infection via blood transfusion

This was just posted in the comments section of my last post, but it's good enough to be center stage in its own post. A new, and fourth, case of vCJD via blood transfusion has been diagnosed in the UK.

Here is the link to the artcle on the Health Protection Agency website.

Makes you wonder a lot of things! It also makes you feel horrible for those other 23 people who received blood transfusions infected with vCJD. Will they get sick? When? Are these first four patients to contract vCJD from blood transfusions M/M? Are they the first wave of what will be many more?

posted by Heather Larson at Thursday, January 18, 2007

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