What diseases can you get from eating humans?

Cannibalism, the act of eating human flesh, is not a common practice in the modern world. However, there have been a few cases documented where people have died after eating human flesh. The most common cause of death in these cases is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). CJD is a rare degenerative brain disorder that is caused by the accumulation of a type of protein called prions in the brain. Symptoms of CJD include memory loss, dementia, impaired coordination, and muscle weakness. Other diseases that have been linked to cannibalism include kuru, a fatal brain disorder that was once common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, and mad cow disease, a type of CJD that affects cattle.