?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F342%2F&rft.title=Mathematical+Models+for+Estimating+the+Risk+of+vCJD+Transmission&rft.creator=Anvari%2C+V.&rft.creator=Atapour%2C+M.&rft.creator=Bourouiba%2C+L.&rft.creator=Caudillo+Mata%2C+L.+A.&rft.creator=Collinson%2C+S.&rft.creator=Johnson%2C+A.&rft.creator=Madras%2C+N.&rft.creator=Miasnikof%2C+P.&rft.creator=Ramirez+Ramirez%2C+L.+L.&rft.creator=Sanchez-Bravo%2C+I.&rft.subject=Medical+and+pharmaceutical&rft.description=We+present+two+different+simple+models+for+vCJD+transmission+by+blood+transfusion.+Both+models+indicate+that+transfusions+alone+are+unlikely+to+cause+more+than+a+few+infections%2C+unless+the+number+of+primary+cases+increases.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo+improve+our+models%2C+future+work+should+pursue+data+collection%2C+empirical+estimation+of+the+model+parameters%2C+and+examination+of+the+underlying+assumptions+of+our+frameworks.%0D%0A%0D%0AFurther+improvements+could+also+include+examining+susceptibility+to+vCJD+infection+by+age+group+and+iatrogenic+infections+introduced+through+surgical+instruments.+Regarding+the+latter%2C+it+may+be+worthwhile+to+conduct+experiments+to+quantify+the+transmission+of+prions+from+an+infected+surgical+instrument+after+repeated+sterilization+procedures.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F342%2F1%2FvCJD.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anvari%2C+V.+and+Atapour%2C+M.+and+Bourouiba%2C+L.+and+Caudillo+Mata%2C+L.+A.+and+Collinson%2C+S.+and+Johnson%2C+A.+and+Madras%2C+N.+and+Miasnikof%2C+P.+and+Ramirez+Ramirez%2C+L.+L.+and+Sanchez-Bravo%2C+I.++(2009)+Mathematical+Models+for+Estimating+the+Risk+of+vCJD+Transmission.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++