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I lived and travelled throughout Europe for 6 years during which time there were several outbreaks of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. From what I have read and been told, I don't believe I can qualify as a blood donor. What do you think?

By Anonymous July 9, 2018 - 3:57pm
 
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And what about those who unknowingly were in areas of outbreaks for an extended time and donated blood?

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SusanC
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Hello Anon

Thank you for writing!

This condition - CJD - is exceedingly rare. Only about one in one million people on the planet would have it at a time, meaning only about 7000 of the world population of over 7 billion would have it. I'm not sure how you happened to be around an area where this condition was found, several times in just 6 years.

There has not been a case of this condition being founds in donated blood.

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Susan

July 10, 2018 - 4:56am

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