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Patient may have mad cow disease

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From Times Wire Reports

State health officials are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.

There have only been three cases of the human form of mad cow disease, known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, reported in the U.S. in the last several years.

Test results are expected to take a few more days.

A Cape Cod Hospital spokesman said public health officials did not consider the illness contagious.

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