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What is the analogous variant for mad cow disease in humans? ​
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What is the analogous variant for mad cow disease in humans? ​

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a variant for mad cow disease in human. Unfortunately there is no cure and everyone who had contracted the disease all died. There is not even a test to confirm it. It can only be confirmed by a brain biopsy or an exam of brain tissue AFTER death.

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A human version of mad cow disease called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is believed to be caused by eating beef products contaminated with central nervous system tissue, such as brain and spinal cord, from cattle infected with mad cow disease.

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