Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

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Also known as:  BSE;  Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (when it infects humans);  Mad Cow Disease

 

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is a disease that usually infects cattle.  It can also be transmitted from cattle to humans.  When BSE afflicts humans, the resulting illness (known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) can resemble the symptoms of Dementia.  It is ultimately fatal.

 

BSE was once thought to be caused by a Virus.  More recently it has been determined that it is caused by a type of Prion.

 

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