Blood Transfusion and Spread of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Klaus Dietz*

, Günter Raddatz*, Jonathan Wallis†, Norbert Müller‡, Inga Zerr§, Hans-Peter Duerr*, Hans Lefèvre¶, Erhard Seifried#, and Johannes Löwer**
Author affiliations: *University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; †Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; ‡University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; §University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; ¶DRK Blood Donor Service West, Hagen, Germany; #DRK Blood Donor Service Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; **Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany;
Main Article
Table 2
Joint distribution of transfusion history and blood donation
Received blood | Donated blood, no. observed
(no. expected if events are independent)
| Total no. (%) |
---|
No | Yes |
---|
No | 401 (404) | 104 (101) | 505 (82) |
Yes | 93 (90) | 19 (22) | 112 (18) |
Total no. (%) | 494 (80) | 123 (20) | 617 (100) |
Main Article
Page created: June 28, 2010
Page updated: June 28, 2010
Page reviewed: June 28, 2010
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.