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The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of CJD.
Prevention of CJD and vCJD by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (ACDP TSE) subgroup.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) incident management guidance document and forms for trusts, hospitals and local health protection teams.
Updates on enhanced surveillance of potentially iatrogenic CJD exposures -- occasional reports related to human prion disease surveys.
Information to help social workers in England who work with people affected by CJD and their families.
Update to end of December 2022 on enhanced surveillance of potentially iatrogenic CJD exposures -- occasional reports related to human prion disease surveys.
Leaflets for patients identified as at increased risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and for healthcare professionals involved in the care or notification of these patients.
Report from SaBTO's Paediatric Components Working Group looking at whether scientific evidence supports updating specific vCJD risk reduction measures.
Papers on the transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) from person to person though donated blood components.
A mathematical model to estimate the number of cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) that could be caused by transfusions of blood products.
Government's response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on UK blood safety and vCJD.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The NHSBT and UKHSA surveillance programme is a series of national schemes that monitors infection in blood, tissue and organ donors, and transfusion recipients.
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
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