Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (Hansard, 25 October 2001)

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§ Lord Morris of Manchester
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people now diagnosed with vCJD were blood donors before diagnosis; and how many haemophilia patients treated are known to have been, or could have been, treated with blood products linked to these donors. [HL854]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)
The Ninth Annual Report 2000 of the CID Surveillance Unit shows that eight people diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease were blood donors before diagnosis. The report is available onwww.cid.ed.ac.uk. Information on the number of haemophilia patients with blood products linked to these donors is not currently collected.