Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE - A very rare form of encephalopathy thought to be caused by a virus (slow-virus), termed a prion. There is little known about the mode of transmission.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD): A degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects about one person in every one million people per year worldwide; in the United States there are about 200 cases per year.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion.
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Scientists eventually concluded that the new ailment — named variant CJD (vCJD) — was a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease resulting from exposure to BSE.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Dr Trisha Macnair
CJD hit the headlines because of the appearance of a new variant of CJD in young people that may be linked with cattle infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE).
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If humans eat diseased tissue from cattle, they may develop the human form of mad cow disease known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) or new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD).
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal brain disorder associated with a misshapen protein in the brain, known as a prion.
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new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) A derivative of mad cow disease felt to possibly be transmitted through blood.
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The fear? The spread of "new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease," better known as the human form of mad cow disease.
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