Pursuant to a currently unsubstantiated report of possible classic CJD related to the recent death of a person with hemophilia who developed dementia, and in conjunction with recommendations 1 and 2 in the MASAC Consensus Statement on Plasma Safety, MASAC supports the ongoing activities and the potentially expanded role of the CDC in the surveillance of the bleeding disorders population for prion disease and emerging pathogens as a nationally funded public health initiative of both national and global significance.
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