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Disease caused by prions?

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in simple words, prions are responsible 4 madcow infection and mysterious brain infection in man

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What diseases are caused by a prion?
Diseases caused by prions are called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. See the related link below for the Answers.com article.
Diseases is thought to be caused by prions?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease), kuru (a neurologic prion found in one tribe of humans that has since been eliminated after ritual cannibalism of deceased tribe members was...
How many human diseases are caused by prions?
Human Prion Diseases Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker SyndromeFatal Familial InsomniaKuru
What diseases are caused by deficiency disease?
goitre,rickets beriberi etc...
What is deficiency diseases and what are the diseases caused?
They are diseases caused by lack vitamins the diseases caused are:rickets,beri beri, scruvy,kwashiorkor.