Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmitted in blood? Is the absence of evidence of risk evidence of the absence of risk?
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DANS CE NUMÉRO (page 1389), Timothy Caulfield et ses collaborateurs abordent la question difficile que constitue la notification des patients exposés à la maladie de Creutzfeldt–Jakob (MCJ) à la suite d’une transfusion sanguine. Même si la transmission iatrogène de la MCJ par certaines voies a été démontrée, on comprend mal le risque que pose la transfusion sanguine. Ce risque est reconnu comme théorique, mais on sous-estime les difficultés que pose l’évaluation des écrits publiés dans ce domaine. Les études épidémiologiques sont presque invalidées par les difficultés qui se présentent l’orsqu’il s’agit de déterminer s’il y a eu vraiment exposition et par le lien complexe entre la voie d’exposition, la dose et la vulnérabilité génétique dans l’établissement de la période d’incubation. Les résultats d’études sur des animaux sont aussi équivoques. La MCJ continuera peut-être d’intriguer les chercheurs pendant quelque temps encore et c’est pourquoi il faut pouvoir faire face à l’incertitude dans l’élaboration de politiques sur la MCJ et les transfusions sanguines.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 157 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997