kuru

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Epidemiology

  • kuru was once endemic among members of the Fore linguistic tribal group of the Eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea
  • currently < 10 cases/year are reported
  • no new cases of Kuru have been reported since cessation of ritualistic cannibalism

Clinical manifestations

Management

  • brain material from affected individuals transmits the disease to primates

More general terms

References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 2319
  2. Collinge J et al, Kuru in the 21st century - an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods. Lancet 2006, 367:2068 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16798390
  3. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) NINDS Kuru Information Page https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Kuru-Information-Page

Patient information

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