God of archery, music, poetry, prophecy, medicine, and later on the god of the sun. (Ah-paulâ-oh) Distinguishing Features: Youâve got to dig the shades. Apollo likes to look hot, and I donât mean temperature.
CJD, as well as other spongiform encephalopathies, is caused by an unusual pathogenic agent called a prion. A prion is a deviant form of a normally harmless protein found in the brains of mammals and birds.
Variant CJD (vCJD) was first described in the United Kingdom in 1996. The disease is strongly linked to the consumption of cattle products infected with the prion protein that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or âmad cowâ disease. There are clinical differences between vCJD and cCJD.