Kuru
human disease
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Summary
Kuru is a class of disease[1]. Kuru ranks in the top 0.2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,083 views/month, #4 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: transmissible spongiform encephalopathy[3], disease[4]
- Commons category: Kuru (disease)[5]
- Symptoms and signs: headache[6], arthralgia[7], dizziness[8], tremor[9], diplopia[10], speech disorder[11], strabismus[12], major depressive disorder[13], obesity[14], mood swing[15], muscle weakness[16], pressure ulcer[17], dementia[18]
- Has cause: prion[19]
- Medical examination: physical examination[20], magnetic resonance imaging[21], biopsy[22], histopathology[23]
- Possible treatment: symptomatic treatment[24]
- ICD-9-CM: 046.0[25]
- Different from: koro[26], Kuru[27], Kuru Kingdom[28]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[29], neurology[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_648[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:648[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[33]
Why It Matters
Kuru has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Kuru is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]