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 how many cases of vCJD have been recorded in the UK as a result of blood transfusions.
- Answer
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There have been three cases of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom arising from blood transfusions from donors who subsequently died of vCJD. All three patients have died. A fourth patient who received a transfusion from a donor who subsequently died was also found to have abnormal prion protein in the spleen and a lymph node after dying of an unrelated illness.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 153536; 463 c1282W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Blood CJD
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