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  2. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as prion diseases, [1] are a group of progressive, incurable, and fatal conditions that are associated with the prion hypothesis and affect the brain and nervous system of many animals, including humans, cattle, and sheep.

  3. Kuru (disease) - Wikipedia

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    Kuru, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, is a disease of the nervous system that causes physiological and neurological effects which ultimately lead to death. It is characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia , or loss of coordination and control over muscle movements.

  4. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease - Wikipedia

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    Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), also known as subacute spongiform encephalopathy or neurocognitive disorder due to prion disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] Early symptoms include memory problems, behavioral changes, poor coordination, and visual disturbances. [ 4 ]

  5. Prion - Wikipedia

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    A prion / ˈ p r iː ɒ n / ⓘ is a misfolded protein that induces misfolding in normal variants of the same protein, leading to cellular death.Prions are responsible for prion diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs), which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases affecting both humans and animals.

  6. Lethal ‘zombie deer disease’ could spill-over to humans ...

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    Other human prion diseases include Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome and Fatal Familial Insomnia, both of which, like CJD, are extremely rare and caused by errors in the PRNP gene as well ...

  7. Chronic wasting disease - Wikipedia

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    Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]

  8. 2 die after eating CWD-infected meat: What to know about ...

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    Chronic wasting disease is a progressive, fatal prion disease that affects the brain, spinal cord and many other tissues of farmed and free-ranging deer, elk, and moose.

  9. Scrapie - Wikipedia

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    Scrapie and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are caused by prions. [19] Prions were determined to be the infectious agent because transmission is difficult to prevent with heat, radiation and disinfectants, the agent does not evoke any detectable immune response, and it has a long incubation period of between 18 months and 5 years. [20]