Is this the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)?
Maybe. The m-RNA may tax your system so badly that you are left open to prion diseases, but to know for sure, they would have to examine the brain postmortem.
Yes. Mad Cow in humans is called Creutzfeld-Jacobs. Its a spongiform encephalitis, a brain inflammation that makes the brain look like a sponge.