Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease: translation
Rare fatal presenile dementia of humans, similar to kuru and other slow viruses. Method of transmission unknown. Will induce neurological disorder in goats 3-4 years after inoculation with CJD brain extract. Classified pathologically as a subacute spongiform encephalopathyof man. A new variant, vCJD, has recently been recognized and associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy. See prions.