VMC-0067
QUESTION
Prion is responsible for?
OPTIONS
(A) Mad cow disease
(B) Ebola disease
(C) Q-fever
(D) Marburg disease
ANSWER
(A) Mad cow disease
EXPLANATION
Prions cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly called mad cow disease. Thus option A is correct; Ebola and Marburg are filovirus diseases caused by RNA viruses, and Q fever is caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii.
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