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Sounds very like Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease[0] which can result from the bovine equivalent[1]. There was a major outbreak of ‘mad cow disease’ in the UK and else
by knolan 5y ago
Sounds very like Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease[0] which can result from the bovine equivalent[1]. There was a major outbreak of ‘mad cow disease’ in the UK and elsewhere and was related to cows being fed feedstuff made from offal.
[0]https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease-Fact-Sheet https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Educat...
[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalop...
- 4gotunameagain 5y agoBoth are mentioned in the article, which points out that the suspected outset of kuru was a spontaneous CJD occurrence
- knolan 5y agoYes, you’re right. That’s what I get for skimming the article.
- IncRnd 5y agoThank you. That is actually well-covered in the article. The article states this: "The epidemic likely started when one person in a Fore village developed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a degenerative neurological disorder similar to kuru." And this: "People have developed variant CJD after eating the meat of cattle infected with mad cow disease. Dr. Ermias Belay, a prion disease researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says that's the only scenario in which there is "definitive evidence" that humans can develop a prion disease after eating the infected meat of another species."