Practice question
Question
An infectious agent contains no nucleic acid and consists of an abnormally folded protein. Which disease association is consistent with the chapter?
Explanation
The agent is a prion, an infectious abnormally folded protein. Prions are associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in cattle and its analogous variant, CJD, in humans.
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