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- Kuru (disease) - Wikipedia
Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea It is a prion disease which leads to tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration
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- Kuru: What Is It, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, and More | Osmosis
Kuru is caused by the accumulation of infectious, misfolded proteins called prions in the nervous system The disease is spread through cannibalism of infected tissue Kuru first affected a tribe in the highlands of New Guinea who ate the brain tissues of deceased family members
- Kuru: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis - Healthline
Kuru is a rare and fatal nervous system disease that occurred mainly during the 1950s and 1960s among the Fore people in the highlands of New Guinea
- Kuru: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Kuru is a very rare disease It is caused by an infectious protein (prion) found in contaminated human brain tissue Kuru is found among people from New Guinea who practiced a form of cannibalism in which they ate the brains of dead people as part of a funeral ritual
- Kuru | Definition, Symptoms, Facts | Britannica
Kuru, infectious fatal degenerative disorder of the central nervous system found primarily among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea The transmission of kuru is attributed to Fore cannibalistic rituals of mourning in which the brain of the dead was eaten, especially by women and children
- Kuru - Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders - MSD Manuals
Kuru probably started when prion-contaminated tissues from a person with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were eaten Kuru was more common among women and children because they were given the brains, which were more infectious
- Kuru: Causes, Symptoms, and Historical Significance
Kuru is a fatal prion disease Discover its symptoms, transmission methods, and historical significance among the Fore tribe in Papua New Guinea
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