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Gekata [30.6K]
3 years ago
9

A degenerative brain disorder transmitted by cannibalism is called ________.

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1 answer:
amid [387]3 years ago
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Kuru is the degenerative brain disorder transmitted by cannibalism. This is a very rare disease that is caused by an infectious protein or prion that is found in contaminated human brain tissue. It is found among people from New Guinea who practiced a form of cannibalism in which they ate the brains of dead people as part of a ritual during the funerals.
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