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<blockquote data-quote="BakerMayfield2018" data-source="post: 2321227" data-attributes="member: 27370">Really.....Causes<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuru_(disease)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" target="_blank">Edit</a>Those affected are usually people who follow the practice of family <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocannibalism" target="_blank">mortuary cannibalism</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-family-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> In some parts of Papua New Guinea, bodies of those who died from kuru were dismembered to feast on the internal organs. &quot;Often, they would feed morsels of brain to young children and elderly relatives.&quot;<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-family-6" target="_blank">[6]</a>Kuru is believed to be caused by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion" target="_blank">prions</a> and is related to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease" target="_blank">Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease</a> (CJD).<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-Collinge-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> Although it is considered a transmissible prion disease, some evidence shows the origin of the outbreak was due to eating a human (or a corpse) with sporadic CJD, thus implying a common pathophysiology.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-pmid18316717-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BakerMayfield2018, post: 2321227, member: 27370"] Really..... [SIZE=5][B][/B] [B]Causes[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuru_(disease)&action=edit&section=2']Edit[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Those affected are usually people who follow the practice of family [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocannibalism']mortuary cannibalism[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-family-6'][6][/URL] In some parts of Papua New Guinea, bodies of those who died from kuru were dismembered to feast on the internal organs. "Often, they would feed morsels of brain to young children and elderly relatives."[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-family-6'][6][/URL] Kuru is believed to be caused by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion']prions[/URL] and is related to [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease']Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease[/URL] (CJD).[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-Collinge-7'][7][/URL] Although it is considered a transmissible prion disease, some evidence shows the origin of the outbreak was due to eating a human (or a corpse) with sporadic CJD, thus implying a common pathophysiology.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)#cite_note-pmid18316717-1'][1][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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