KnowraKuruLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Kuru, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 4Related 2Compared with 2PrionBroader topic: Its transmission history helped establish that prion diseases can be infectious.Creutzfeldt–Jakob diseaseRelated: Kuru provided evidence that human prion diseases can be acquired by transmission.Bovine spongiform encephalopathyCompared with: Its human-to-human transmission route differs sharply from BSE’s feedborne cattle spread.Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob diseaseCompared with: Kuru offers a distinct example of acquired human prion disease with a different exposure route.Human cannibalismBroader topic: Its association with mortuary practices provides a documented biological consequence of cannibalism.Stanley B. PrusinerRelated: Research into kuru helped establish that human prion diseases could be transmissible.Transmissible spongiform encephalopathyBroader topic: Its epidemic history provides evidence for transmission through infected tissue.Daniel Carleton GajdusekBroader topic: Gajdusek documented its clinical course and helped establish its transmissibility.