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GK QUESTION#3665

Which of the following diseases is not caused by prions?

  1. AScrapie in sheep
  2. BInfluenza in humansCorrect answer
  3. CCreutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans
  4. DBovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow" disease
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B. Influenza in humans

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Influenza is caused by influenza viruses. Scrapie, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy are prion diseases involving abnormal protein folding.

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