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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) The term 'Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' A sporadic and rare, but fatal human disease that usually strikes people over 65. It occurs worldwide at an estimated annual rate of one case per million population. About 10-15% of CJD cases are inherited. A small number of cases occurred as the result of various medical treatments or procedures which inadvertently transferred the CJD agent. In March 1996, the British government announced a possible link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and CJD. The announcement was prompted by the discovery of several atypical cases of CJD in Great Britain'.
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