Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are caused by a(n) ____. 

A. virus
B. bacterium
C. protozoan
D. fungus
E. prion


E. prion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are caused by a type of prion.

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