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   Kuru
   [India] Location of Numata in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. ...
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   Kuru
   A disease found in the Fore tribe in New Guinea, and due to the eating of human infected tissue by members of a tribe. In general the women ate brain tissue rather than the men and so it was the women and children that died relatively rapidly of the disease.
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   kuru
   [n] - a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms 2. [n] - 100 kurus equal 1 lira
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   Kuru
   Kuru: A slowly progressive fatal disease of the brain due to an infectious agent transmitted among people in Papua New Guinea by ritual cannibalism. Kuru is an infectious form of subacute spongiform encephalopathy. It was once thought to be due to a slow virus but is now believed to be caused by a t...
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   kuru
   Degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in members of the Fore tribe of New Guinea: a spongiform encephalopathy
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   Kuru
   <disease, virology> Degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in members of the Fore tribe of new Guinea: a spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) similar to scrapie and thought to be transmitted by cannibalism. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
   Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Kuru
   
   
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   kuru
   (koo´roo) an infectious form of prion disease with a long incubation period; it is found only among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, is always fatal, and is thought to be associated with ritual cannibalism. Characteristics include truncal and limb ataxia, a shivering-like tremor (...
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   kuru
   infectious, fatal degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that occurs primarily among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea.[5 related articles]
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/58
   
   
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   Kuru
   Kuru is a degenerative disease of the nervous system, restricted to certain tribes in New Guinea, marked by loss of muscular control and thought to be caused by a slow virus.
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    kuru
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kū′rū Definitions: 1. A progressive fatal spongiform encephalopathy characterized by ataxia, tremors, lack of coordination, and death. Pathologic lesions in the brain include neuronal loss, astrocytosis, and status spongiosus. Found only in the Fore people i...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=47363
    
    
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    Kuru
    [disease] Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a prion found in humans. The term "kuru" derives from the Fore word "kuria/guria" ("to shake"), a reference to the body tremors that are a classic symptom of...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)
    
    
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    Kuru
    [Iisaku] Category for politics in 1042 ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(Iisaku)
    
    
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    kuru
    1) Nervous disorder 2) Neurological disease 3) Neurological disorder
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/kuru/1
    
    

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