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Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of case-control studies by Wilson, Kumanan, Code, Catherine, Ricketts, Maura N

“…Abstract Objective: To determine the strength of association between history of blood transfusion and development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Data sources:…”
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Public health and the BSE epidemic by Ricketts, M N

“…Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in 1986 in the United Kingdom and relatively rapidly spread into its trading partners in Europe via…”
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Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmitted in blood? Is the absence of evidence of risk evidence of the absence of risk? by Ricketts, M N

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mortality in Canada, 1998 to 2013 by Coulthart, M B, Jansen, G H, Connolly, T, D'Amour, R, Kruse, J, Lynch, J, Sabourin, S, Wang, Z, Giulivi, A, Ricketts, M N, Cashman, N R

“…Human prion diseases, known collectively as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), are fatal, infectious neurodegenerative disorders that occur in all human…”
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Geographic and birth cohort associations of Kaposi's sarcoma among homosexual men in Canada by Schechter, M T, Marion, S A, Elmslie, K D, Ricketts, M N, Nault, P, Archibald, C P

“…The authors conducted an analysis of all 677 cases of Kaposi's sarcoma among the 3,047 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome diagnosed in…”
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The epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Canada: a review of mortality data by Stratton, E, Ricketts, M N, Gully, P R

“…Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and particularly its transmissibility through blood and blood products, has become a focus of concern in Canada. The recent…”
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Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmitted in blood? by Ricketts, M N, Cashman, N R, Stratton, E E, ElSaadany, S

“…Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been considered infectious since the mid-1960s, but its transmissibility through the transfusion of blood or blood products…”
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Transfusion transmission of vCJD: a crisis avoided? by Wilson, Kumanan, Ricketts, Maura N

“…The fundamental challenge to policy making that emerges out of the two case reports of vCJD transfusion transmission is the significance of preclinical cases…”
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The success of precaution? Managing the risk of transfusion transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by Wilson, Kumanan, Ricketts, Maura N.

“…The precautionary principle has emerged as an important new paradigm influencing decision making in the blood system. The principle has influenced decision…”
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A New Human Genotype Prone To Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: New Evidence May Rekindle Fears Of A Larger Epidemic And Greater Risk Of Iatrogenic Spread by Wilson, Kumanan, Ricketts, Maura N.

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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy update and implications for blood safety by Ricketts, Maura N, Brown, Paul

“…At this time, the accumulated evidence does not support the implementation of measures targeted against the risk of transfusion transmission of sporadic,…”
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Public health issues and clinical and neurological characteristics of the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: memorandum from two WHO meetings

“…The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which was first described in 1986 in cattle in the United…”
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Prenatal appearance of a mesoblastic nephroma associated with polyhydramnios by Geirsson, R T, Ricketts, N E, Taylor, D J, Coghill, S

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