Neurodegenerative disorders have not been associated with infection by

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Neurodegenerative disorders have not been associated with viroids, which are small single-stranded RNA molecules that can infect plants, but not animals. However, they have been associated with viruses, such as HIV and herpes simplex virus, prions, which are misfolded proteins that can cause diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and misfolded proteins like beta-amyloid and tau, which are involved in Alzheimer's disease.

Neurodegenerative Disorders Have Not Been Associated with Infection by