variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Britishnoun
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Hundreds of people fell ill, after eating contaminated meat, with the disorder caused in humans — named variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — and many died.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023
When this illness crossed the species barrier from animal to human in 1996, it took the form of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018
It was also linked to about 225 cases worldwide of a fatal human brain aliment known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2012
The disease-carrying proteins, or prions, that cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can remain dormant for decades and there are no reliable tests to detect them.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2011
In humans, eating meat products contaminated with the illness is linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and fatal malady.
From Time Magazine Archive
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