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	Kuru: The Dynamics of a Prion Disease
		Kuru is a neurodegenerative disorder that surfaced among the South Fore of New Guinea, and the dynamics of this disease have been explored by various scholars.
		A genetic disorder is one that is caused by a mutation that is passed on to subsequent offspring.
		Gadjusek DC (1973) Kuru in the New Guinea Highlands.
	www.as.ua.edu /ant/bindon/ant570/Papers/McGrath/McGrath.htm (2908 words)

	Sanskrit: kuru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		kuru-sṛñjayānām — of the Kurus and Sṛñjayas; SB 10.72.5
		kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ — the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas; SB 10.75.12
		matsya-uśīnara-kauśalya-vidarbha-kuru-sṛñjayān — the Matsyas, Uśīnaras, Kauśalyas, Vidarbhas, Kurus and Sṛñjayas; SB 10.82.12-13
	www.bhagavadgitaasitis.com /k/kuru (852 words)

	eMedicine - Kuru : Article by Paul A Janson, MD
		Kuru is caused by a prion and serves as a prototype for a group of prion diseases (scrapie in sheep, transmissible mink spongiform encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE; also called mad cow disease]).
		The place of kuru in medicine is as a model for prion diseases such as BSE and the so-called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which is thought to be the consequence of the spreading of the BSE prion to humans.
		Kuru may have been introduced into the Fore culture as a single (or a few) case(s) of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that crossed the species barrier and became widespread as a result of the endocannibalistic rituals practiced by the Fore.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic1248.htm (3456 words)

	Encyclopedia : Lymphoma
		Kuru is a degenerative nerve disease caused by a prion (infectious protein) transmitted to humans via contaminated human brain tissue.
		Kuru causes neurodegenerative changes similar to another prion disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which occurs sporadically around the world and for which risk factors are unknown.
		Kuru may begin with difficulty walking and increasing incoordination, which eventually become severe.
	www.healthtalk.com /lymphoma/encyclopedia/?p=1/001379.htm (396 words)

	Kuru Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
		Kuru is a rare and fatal brain disorder that occurred at epidemic levels during the 1950s-60s among the Fore people in the highlands of New Guinea.
		Brain tissue from individuals with kuru was highly infectious, and the disease was transmitted either through eating or by contact with open sores or wounds.
		Because kuru mainly affected the cerebellum, which is responsible for coordination, the usual first symptoms were an unsteady gait, tremors, and slurred speech.
	www.ninds.nih.gov /disorders/kuru/kuru.htm (518 words)

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