| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Case control studies have identified no unusual occupational, dietary, or other exposure to BSE prions among patients with vCJD,8 which suggests that genetic factors might be crucial.A known genetic factor for susceptibility to prion disease is the common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at codon 129 in PRNP, the gene that encodes PrP in human beings.
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