Which of the following conditions in humans is linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy?

a. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
b. Kuru
c. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
d. Fatal familial insomnia


Ans: a. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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