NR AFOF
AU Hornabrook,R.W.; King,H.O.
TI Kuru
QU Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 1975 Dec; 18(4): 203-6
PT journal article
AB Theis report discusses problems involved in the diagnosis of kuru. The gentic and epidemiological pattern is also reviewed. This reveals a continuing overall reduction in kuru incidence with the disappearance of juvenile cases and increasing age of male kuru patients a reduction in the age of female cases. The significance of these trends in relation to the transmission of kuru is discussed.
MH Adolescent; Adult; Child; Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology; Female; Human; Kuru/*diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality; Male; Mental Disorders/etiology; New Guinea; Sex Factors; Strabismus/etiology; Suicide
SP englisch
PO Papua-Neuguinea