Definition of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
: a fatal prion disease that is held to be a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by the prion associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and contracted by consuming infected beef or beef products
—abbreviation vCJD
— called also variant CJD
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“Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variant%20Creutzfeldt-Jakob%20disease. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was in 1996
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