Experimental kuru in the rhesus monkey. A clinical study.
Serial neurologic examinations of six rhesus monkeys inoculated with a strain of kuru revealed complex clinical signs falling into two distinct syndromes. Experimental kuru in the rhesus monkey is different from the disease in man and to a lesser extent in the chimpanzee. Two factors are proposed to account for these observations: modification of the strain, and specific host characteristics.
D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D000882:Haplorhini; D007729:Kuru / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007858:Learning; D008251:Macaca; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009068:Movement; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000662:veterinary; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000662:veterinary; D012919:Social Behavior; D014202:Tremor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary