New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an emerging infection associated with
1. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
2. Tuberculosis—strain W.
3. E. coli 0157:H7.
4. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE).
ANS: 1
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