title: Unconventional viruses and the origin and disappearance of kuru.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002190:Cannibalism; D002648:Child; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D004671:Encephalitis, Arbovirus / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009512:New Guinea; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D010375:Pedigree; D011328:Prions; D012608:Scrapie / Q000209:etiology; D012756:Sheep; D012897:Slow Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014713:Viruses, Unclassified / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011328:Prions