Assertion: kuru | /r/HasProperty | unique
Facets:
value: geographically
type: DEGREE
value: unlike other diseases
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Unlike other diseases , where transmission factors usually include bacteria , viruses or fungi , Kuru is unique because the disease itself is not caused by a living factor but rather a non living factor – Misfolded proteins also known as prions which clump in the brain and hinder brain processes thereby causing fatal nervous system degeneration.
text: Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans and BSE in animals, and is geographically unique to an area in Papua New Guinea.