Unconventional viruses and the origin and disappearance of kuru

Science. 1977 Sep 2;197(4307):943-60. doi: 10.1126/science.142303.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Cannibalism
  • Child
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / microbiology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission
  • Dementia / etiology
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kuru / etiology*
  • Kuru / genetics
  • Kuru / microbiology
  • Kuru / transmission
  • Male
  • New Guinea
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Pedigree
  • Prions
  • Scrapie / etiology
  • Sheep
  • Slow Virus Diseases / etiology
  • Viruses, Unclassified / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Prions