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Kuru

Known as: Encephalopathy, Kuru, Kuru Encephalopathy, Kuru [Disease/Finding] 
A prion disease found exclusively among the Fore linguistic group natives of the highlands of NEW GUINEA. The illness is primarily restricted to… 
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Prion Diseases

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2009
2009
Fishing for Prion Protein Function
The prion protein is infamous for its role in devastating neurological diseases, but its normal, physiological function has… 
2006
2006
Kuru in the 21st century-an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods
Background: Kuru provides the principal experience of epidemic human prion disease. Its incidence has steadily fallen after the… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Destabilizing interactions among [PSI(+)] and [PIN(+)] yeast prion variants.
The yeast Sup35 and Rnq1 proteins can exist in either the noninfectious soluble forms, [psi-] or [pin-], respectively, or the… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Geographic-specific genotypes or topotypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I as markers for early and recent migrations of human populations.
Review
1991
Review
1991
The human spongiform encephalopathies: kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome.
Kuru and the transmissible virus dementias Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The 200- and 150-kDa neurofilament proteins react with IgG autoantibodies from patients with kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and other neurologic diseases.
Sera from 65 patients with spongiform virus encephalopathies (29 with kuru, 36 with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), 79 with other… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Prions: novel infectious pathogens.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
SPONGIFORM POLIOENCEPHALOMYELOPATHY CAUSED BY A MURINE RETROVIRUS. II. ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF VIRUS REPLICATION AND SPONGIFORM CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Swarz J.R., Brooks B.R. & Johnson R.T. (1981) Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 7, 365–380 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Transmission of Two Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathies of Man (Kuru and Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease) to New World Monkeys
Now that kuru and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease have been transmitted to four species of New World monkeys, spider monkeys (Ateles… 
1968
1968
The infective process in scrapie.
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