Kuru yog ib yam kab mob tsawg heev. Nws yog tshwm sim los ntawm cov kab mob sib kis (prion) pom nyob rau hauv cov kab mob hauv tib neeg lub hlwb. Kuru tau pom ntawm cov neeg los ntawm New Guineauas tau xyaum ua hom neeg cannibalism uas lawv tau noj cov hlwb ntawm cov neeg tuag ua ib feem ntawm kev ntees tuag.
Kuru hu ua tam sim no?
Tsoomfwv kev poob siab ntawm kev coj noj coj ua ua rau muaj tus kabmob txuas ntxiv, uas tam sim no feem ntau ploj mus. Kuru belongs rau cov kab mob sib kis hu ua transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), tseem hu ua kab mob prion.
Puas muaj tshuaj kho tau kuru?
Kuru tsis paub kho. Nws feem ntau tuag hauv ib xyoos ntawm kev cog lus. Kev txheeb xyuas thiab kev kawm ntawm kuru tau pab nrog kev tshawb fawb txog ntau txoj hauv kev. Nws yog thawj tus kab mob neurodegenerative uas tshwm sim los ntawm tus kab mob.
Thaum twg tus kab mob kuru nrhiav tau?
Kuru yog kis tau tus kab mob spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), uas tau mus txog kev sib kis sib kis hauv xyoo 1950 hauv Papua New Guinea ntawm pawg neeg Fore. Thaum nws tau piav qhia thawj zaug hauv 1957, tus kab mob tau tshwm sim hauv kwv yees li 1% ntawm cov pejxeem ntawm ntau dua 35 000 tus neeg.
Vim li cas cov mob tshiab ntawm kuru tseem raug tshaj tawm?
Kev txwv tsis pub coj mus rau kev coj noj coj ua ntawm endocannibalism nyob rau xyoo 1950 tau ua rau muaj kev poob qis hauv kev sib kis, nrog rau ob peb kis tseem tshwm sim vim kuru ntevmuaj peev xwm incubation lub sij hawm, uas muaj peev xwm tshaj 50 xyoo.
