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Nature 408, 3-4 (2 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35040718
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- Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- Jena Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology
- Freiburg Germany
Were some CJD victims infected by vaccines?
Karen Birmingham
Although food has been the overwhelming object of attention as the source of infection with variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), there is a possibility that some of the victims — who are predominantly young adults — might have contracted the disease through immunization.The BSE inquiry's report (see above) calls for vaccines to be investigated as a possible route of transmission.
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