库鲁病

现在，这种基因遍布Fore族和周围的人。这是令人十分惊奇的现象，因为库鲁病是在1900年才开始爆发的。

Now , the gene is widespread among the Fore and surrounding people , which is surprising because kuru only popped up in the area around 1900 .

不过，绝大多数患者是因为食用了产生感染的人或动物。最初，人类学家和医生们都不知道为什么库鲁病会在Fore族人中大肆传播。

However , the illness is most commonly spread by eating an infected person or animal.Initially , anthropologists and medical doctors didn 't know why kuru was spreading across the Fore tribe .

巴布亚新几内亚“Fore”族人在20世纪中期流行的库鲁病很好地说明了这一点，他们因同类相食，产生了退化性和致命性的脑疾病。

The Fore people of Papua New Guinea showed us as much in the mid-20th century when their tribe suffered through an epidemic of Kuru - a degenerative and fatal brain disease spread by eating other humans .

这些惊人的发现有助于在新几内亚控制库鲁病。

These astonishing discoveries helped control kuru in new guinea .

库鲁病与吃人习惯之间的联系似乎是相当清楚了。

The link between kuru and cannibalism seemed clear enough .

21世纪的库鲁病：一种潜伏期很长的获得性人朊病毒病

Kuru in the 21st century-an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods

和所有朊病毒疾病一样，库鲁病杀死大量脑细胞，使其产生空洞、海绵化。

Like all prion diseases , kuru decimates the brain , filling it with sponge-like holes .

库鲁病是一种在新几内亚的土著人中传染的疾病。

Kuru , a disease of natives living in New Guinea , was shown in1959 to be similar to scrapei .

不幸的是，虽然这些仪式表达了对死者的敬意，但也传播了一种致命的疾病：库鲁病。

Tragically , though these rituals honored the deceased , they also spread a deadly disease known as kuru through the community .

库鲁病是一种与库兹菲德-雅各氏症和疯牛病有关的朊病毒疾病。

Kuru is a prion disease related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ( CJD ) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( mad cow disease ) .

在本课程中，我们将分析包括了牛海绵体样脑病，克雅氏症，以及库鲁病的朊蛋白疾病的分子和生化致病基础。

In this course , the molecular and biochemical basis of the prion diseases , which include bovine spongiform encephalopathy , Creutzfedt-Jakob disease and kuru will be examined .

通常，患有朊病毒疾病的人可以继续生活数年，但是患有库鲁病，则一般在产生症状之后一年内便会死亡。

Sometimes , people can live with a prion disease for years , but in the case of kuru , the afflicted usually die within a year of showing symptoms .