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Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a form of "mad cow" in humans, is mostly a genetic defect in humans. However you can "catch" it if you eat meat that is contaminated from exposure to brain tissues or spinal fluid infected with BSE prions, or from eating the brains or spinal column of an animal with the misfolded prion. But even that is very rare, and the chance of getting CJD is 1 in one million.

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You have a 1:1 000 000 chance of contracting "mad cow disease" or CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of "Mad Cow disease.") Your chances increase as you get into your 50's and 60's.

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Dietary protein would not affect a person afflicted with vCJD.

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That human dies a slow and painful death.

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