Question

question 2
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creutzfeldt - jacob disease is ______.
a caused by a viroid
b caused by a chronic latent virus
c also called \mad cow disease\
d a spongiform encephalopathy of humans
e initiated by an oncogenic virus

Explanation:

Creutzfeldt - Jacob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder. It is a spongiform encephalopathy in humans, caused by prions, not viroids, chronic latent viruses, or oncogenic viruses. Mad - cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), not CJD.

Answer:

D. a spongiform encephalopathy of humans