24. Kuru

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Fortunately, the disease is not likely to be contracted by most. It can only be found in a remote region of New Guinea in the Fore tribe. The disease itself induces abnormal brain tissue building which can cause progressive and incurable brain damage. The disease is completely lethal but it’s only acquirable by (take a breath) eating the brains of an infected victim.

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