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Written question asked by Paul Beresford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 July 2007. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 26 July 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.


CJD: Blood

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely number of vCJD blood transfusion transfer cases over the next two years.
Answer

No estimates have been made of the likely number of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases arising from blood transfusion over the next two years. However the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) did issue a position statement on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies infectivity in blood in 2006. A copy of the statement can be found on the SEAC website at:"www.seac.gov.uk/statements"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
153534; 463 c1282W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Blood CJD
Link
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