| 1957–1960 | ~200 deaths per year among the Fore population (~11,000 people) |
| 1970s | Cases increasingly confined to older individuals with long incubation periods |
| 1990s–2000s | Sporadic cases with incubation periods estimated at 34–56 years |
| 2005 | Last recorded case of kuru |
| 2009 | Last documented death from kuru [@aiman2024] |
| Minimum | Approximately 5 years (in children heavily exposed through cannibalism) |
| Average | 10–13 years |
| Maximum | 50+ years (cases documented in the 2000s in individuals who participated in cannibalism before the ban in the late 1950s) |
| Databases | OMIMOrphanetClinicalTrialsPubMed |