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Overview
Risk factors for prion disease include positive family history, personal history of psychosis, history of surgical procedures, grafts or implants, and history of ingestion of human growth hormones or contaminated meat.
Risk factors
Risk factors for Prion disease include the following:
- Positive family history[1]
- Eating meat infected by “mad cow disease”
- Receiving contaminated corneas or infection may occur from contaminated medical equipment.[1]