Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Department of Health has said that no evidence exists that vCJD has ever been transmitted through blood or blood products.
- There have been around 141 definite or probable deaths from vCJD since monitoring of the disease began.
- Scientists have identified a new strain of vCJD which could strike people previously unaffected by the disease.
- Everyone's concerned about cross-infection: it's very important not just for vCJD but for viruses as well.
- The research suggests red cells and plasma may carry vCJD, the human form of mad cow disease.