title: Kuru.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009512:New Guinea; D012737:Sex Factors; D013285:Strabismus / Q000209:etiology; D013405:Suicide