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9 Risks of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies to the U.S. Military
Pages 223-230

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... forces being treated for trauma or other emergency condition. iThis figure excludes the number of military personnel participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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... Veterinary Services. Some beef was purchased from the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Japan before it was recognized as potentially being infected with the BSE agent.
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... They did, however, use cuts of carcass meat and distribution procedures similar to those described above for the commissary system. AAFES food service outlets used European beef, and approximately 20 percent of this beef was from the United Kingdom.
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... U.S. military members and their families living in the United Kingdom and Europe between 1980 and 1996 were at increased risk of exposure to the BSE agent as a result of their consumption of locally procured beef or their consumption of beef in local eating establishments as compared with the risk to their counterparts in the United States.
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... [Priority 314 RISK OF TSE INFECTION FROM BLOOD PRODUCTS Blood transfusions could also place deployed forces at theoretical risk of infection by the agent of BSE or other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) (see also Chapters 5 and 71.
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... However, special recruiters at blood donor sites have increased collections by 9 percent, helping to offset these losses (Sparks, 20021. If an antemortem blood test were available and sensitive enough to detect prions in blood, it might be possible to return to the blood donor pool more than 4 million donors whose DOD service in Europe precludes them from donating blood, as well as half a million deferred civilians (5 percent of the national blood donor pool)
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... cumulative time 2 6 months. aThe American Red Cross recently changed its policy to defer donations of blood from individuals who spent 3 months or more living in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996 (personal communication, R
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... cumulative time 2 6 months. aThe American Red Cross recently changed its policy to defer donations of blood from individuals who spent 3 months or more living in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996 (personal communication, R
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