harva esinev, vereülekandega või koesiirdamisega nakkav, hrl. surmaga lõppev, väga väikese viirusetaolise tekitaja poolt esilekutsutud entsefalopaatia, millele on iseloomulik arenev dementsus, krambid ja lihasjäikus
a rapidly progressive dementia usually beginning in middle age and now thought to be due to a transmissible agent or slow virus similar to kuru
New information has been published in the United Kingdom further supporting the hypothesis that exposure to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent is linked to the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) in humans.
