Kuru

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Kuru is a fatal human disease caused by ritualistic cannibalism formerly practiced by the Fore people in Papua New Guinea.

Kuru is a member of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) neurological disease family, which also includes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) in cattle, and the different forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans.

SourceWatch Resources

Mad cow disease - contains list of links to TSE/ Kuru-related entries

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