• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Those prions can also infect humans leading to Creutzfeld Jacob syndrome. Prions can also come from wild deer species and infect through venison.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Technically it’s called Variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease. The non-variant version is also known as Kuru.

      The difference is transmission. Standard CJD is human->human