Home/What is the risk of getting vCJD if a vaccine contained the BSE agent?

There is no evidence to date that vaccines have contributed to the cases of vCJD seen in Europe. Nor is there evidence that any vaccines harbor the BSE agent.

Vaccines are given a very limited number of times via the intramuscular, subcutaneous or oral route. Even in experimental studies, these routes of administration are less effective at spreading the agent than the intracerebral route usually used to assess infectivity in animal studies.

The amount of infectivity present and the efficiency with the BSE agent passes from cow material to humans will also affect the likelihood of infection.

2018-08-20T14:33:47-07:00
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