Discussion on Kuru, Scrapie and the Experimental Kuru-Like Syndrome in Chimpanzees

摘要: It is strangely interesting that scrapie, a degenerative disease of the central nervous system sheep, and kuru, rare man in Eastern Highlands New Guinea restricted to Fore peoples their immediate neighbors, have given rise large portion world research activity field slow virus infections. Dr. Gibbs has reviewed quest for infectious agents chronic subacute diseases which been progress our laboratories past several years, with particular attention infection on Morris, Gibbs, I began work after Hadlow had brought my remarkable similarities neuropathology course between kuru scrapie sheep (Hadlow, 1959). also previous report transmission kuru-like chimpanzees (Gajdusek et al, 1966) up date final score seven cases syndrome eight inoculated human brain material. this first successful or degeneration primate excited imagination raised hopes other disorders may be transmissible.