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30,000 Britons could be carrying mad cow disease, say government experts

29 April 2013

Government experts believe there is still a risk of people contracting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) through blood transfusions. "There needs to be blood testing to answer this question of prevalence properly," said Professor John Collinge (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases). Read: Telegraph