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disease > nervous system diseases > central nervous system diseases > cerebral disorder > kuru
disease > infectious disease > kuru
... > disease > nervous system diseases > central nervous system diseases > cerebral disorder > prion disease > kuru
disease > degenerative disease > prion disease > kuru
disease > infectious disease > prion disease > kuru

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  • Kuru is a very rare, incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. Kuru is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) caused by the transmission of abnormally folded proteins (prion proteins), which leads to symptoms such as tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration. (Wikipedia)

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