Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Research
Blood Transfusion and Spread of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Klaus Dietz*
, Günter Raddatz*, Jonathan Wallis†, Norbert Müller‡, Inga Zerr§, Hans-Peter Duerr*, Hans Lefèvre¶, Erhard Seifried#, and Johannes Löwer**
, Günter Raddatz*, Jonathan Wallis†, Norbert Müller‡, Inga Zerr§, Hans-Peter Duerr*, Hans Lefèvre¶, Erhard Seifried#, and Johannes Löwer**Table 3
Cumulative numbers of deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the end of the epidemic
| Incubation period | Donors excluded | Infectivity (%) | Without transfusion | With transfusion | Total no. cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | No | 0 | 1,167 | 390 | 1,557 |
| No | 100 | 1,167 | 562 | 1,729 | |
| Yes | 100 | 1,167 | 547 | 1,714 | |
| Long | No | 0 | 503 | 222 | 725 |
| No | 100 | 503 | 446 | 949 | |
| Yes | 100 | 503 | 396 | 899 |
