Diseases caused by prions are called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. See the related link below for the Answers.com article.
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in simple words, prions are responsible 4 madcow infection and mysterious brain infection in man
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease), kuru (a neurologic prion found in one tribe of humans that has since been eliminated after ritual cannibalism of deceased tribe members was...