Second Patient 'Caught vCJD (mad cow) from Blood Transfusion'

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Second Patient 'Caught Vcjd from Blood Transfusion'

By Lyndsay Moss, Health Correspondent, PA News
A second possible case of a patient contracting vCJD through a blood transfusion has been confirmed, the Department of Health said today.

The patient received a blood transfusion in 1999 from a donor who later went on to develop vCJD – the human form of mad cow disease.

The DoH said the patient died of causes unrelated to vCJD, but a post-mortem revealed the presence of the vCJD agent in their spleen, according to the National CJD Surveillance Unit.

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[donsu]

1. that's the problem - madcow can lurk in your body for years

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