Mad Cow Disease

References

Citations

1. American Red Cross (2005). Blood donation eligibility guidelines. Available online: http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html#tra.

2. Canadian Blood Services (2005). Deferral policies for vCJD. Available online: http://www.bloodservices.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/Deferral+Policies+for+vCJD?OpenDocument.

3. Manuelidis L, et al. (2007). Cells infected with scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agents produce intracellular 25-nm virus-like particles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104(6): 1965–1970.

Other Works Consulted

• González-Scarano F (2008). Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies section of Central nervous system diseases due to slow viruses and prions. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 11, chap. 17. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control (2007). Fact sheet: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/vcjd/factsheet_nvcjd.htm.

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