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Second blood-linked vCJD case
Email: Philip Hunter - phunter@philiphunter.com News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040806-04
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Researchers in the United Kingdom have reported the country's second case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) thought to be associated with blood transfusion. The patient involved had a different prion protein genotype than all other cases so-far identified, suggesting more people than previously thought may be susceptible.
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