A nurse is caring for a client with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The client acquired this disease by which infective agent?

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It is caused by an abnormal infectious protein called a prion. While the disease can be acquired in several ways, including hereditarily or through medical procedures, the variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is linked to consuming beef products contaminated with the central nervous system tissue from cattle affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease