Health officials said today [Thursday] that New Zealand may have its first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).

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The disease is caused by eating meat infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). There has never been an incidence of either CJD or BSE in New Zealand.

The case involves a 26-year-old male farm worker, who is undergoing thorough tests, reported Reuters.

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