1.   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare brain-wasting disease that afflicts humans.

2.   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal brain-wasting disease that afflicts humans.

3.   He was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, the same weakness of heart muscle that afflicts humans, and appeared to be rallying in recent days.

4.   In an outbreak of smallpox, the first infectious disease afflicting humans ever eradicated, the preparation is immense.

5.   So far, Sheldon said, the bonobos show no signs of repetitive stress injuries or other ailments that afflict humans who use keyboards.

6.   The form of anthrax that afflicts humans through the skin is also relatively rare.

7.   Tung and his advisers were accused of foot-dragging when a mysterious bird flu afflicted humans late last year.