Which of the following statements about TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies)is false?
A)TSEs include scrapie in sheep,mad cow disease,chronic wasting disease in deer and elk,and kuru and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
B)The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans increased after an outbreak of mad cow disease in England,suggesting that mad cow disease may be transmitted to humans.
C)Viroids are the likely cause of TSEs.
D)TSEs do not seem to be affected by treatments that would eliminate nucleic acid-based diseases.
E)Infectious TSE preparations do not seem to contain DNA or RNA.

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Viroids are not believed to be the cause of TSEs. The causative agent of TSEs is a misfolded protein called a prion, which is able to induce the normal form of the protein to misfold and accumulate in the brain, leading to neurodegeneration.

Which of the Following Statements About TSEs (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies)is