Kuru (disease)
Kuru is a disease caused by cannibalism, formerly thought to be caused by specifically eating human brains, but is actually caused by eating any human meat. It is also known as the "laughing sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of laughter that the patient displays.
| Kuru | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | A81.8 |
| ICD-9 | 046.0 |
| DiseasesDB | 31861 |
| MedlinePlus | 001379 |
| eMedicine | med/1248 |
| MeSH | D007729 |
Kuru was found in Papua New Guinea, among members of the Fore tribe.[1] The word kuru means "trembling with fear" in the Fore language.
Kuru (disease) Media
- Prion subdomain-colored sec structure.png
Normally folded prion protein PrPc subdomain-Residues 125–228. Note the presence of alpha helices (blue).
- Model of a three dimensional structure for PrPSc.jpg
Cryoelectron microscopy model of the misfolded PrPsc protein, enriched in beta sheets (center)
- Cerebellum of kuru victim.png
Cerebellum of a person infected with kuru.
References
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