Submitted by StressfulRiceball t3_123132x in askscience
PHealthy t1_jdum5d8 wrote
Reply to comment by redligand in Do most animals have to worry about complications from cannibalization? by StressfulRiceball
Kuru is absolutely caused by cannibalism. It started off because sporadic CJD happens in about 1/1m people and because of ritualistic eating of the brain and spinal cord it became transmissible variant CJD.
About 90% of CJD is sporadic.
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