Assertion: kuru | /r/HasProperty | infectious
Facets:
value: like scrapie
type: OTHER
value: a term introduced
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Kuru is caused by the transmission of abnormally folded prion proteins found in the brain and is infectious.
text: Kuru, like scrapie, was now considered to be an infectious disease caused by a ‘slow virus’ of very long incubation, a term introduced by Gajdusek.