| Title | Kuru-fifty years later. | | Author(s) | Liberski PP, Brown P | | Institution | Laboratory of Electron Microscopy and Neuropathology, Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University Lodz, Lodz, Poland. | | Source | Neurol Neurochir Pol 2007 Nov-Dec; 41(6):548-56. | | MeSH | Cannibalism
Cultural Characteristics
Humans
Kuru
Papua New Guinea
Risk Factors
| | Abstract | Kuru, the first human neurodegenerative disease classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, prion disease or, in the past, slow unconventional virus disease, was first reported to Western medicine in 1957 by D. Carleton Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas. Thus, this year marks the 50th anniversary of kuru discovery, highlighted by the symposium The end of kuru: 50 years of research into an extraordinary disease organized by John Collinge and Michael Alpers at the Royal Society, London, November 11-12, 2007. In this review, we summarize some data on the epidemiology, neuropathology and clinical picture of kuru. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 18224577 |
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