Assertion: prion's number | /r/CreatedBy | infectious agent
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text: A number of fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans--such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), kuru and Gerstmann-Str¿ussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease--are thought to be caused by an infectious agent known as a prion.