Why is a Prion hard to kill or for immune system to detect?!

Question: Why is a Prion hard to kill or for immune system to detect?

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According to Wikipedia,Prion is hard to kill because it is an infectious agent that act as a protein.Also the immune system cannot detect it because it act as a protein so the immune system thinks it is harmless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion

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Why is a Prion hard to kill or for immune system to detect?!

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