NEET 2000 Biology question

Which disease of man is similar with cattle's, bovine spongiform encephalopathy :

(1)Encephalitis
(2)Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCorrect
(3)Spongiocitis of cerebrum
(4)Spondylitis

Answer: (2)

Solution

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, "mad cow disease") is a neurodegenerative prion disease of cattle in which the brain develops a sponge-like appearance. The corresponding human prion disease is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), caused by an abnormal,

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