Kuru

Summary

Kuru is a class of disease^[1]. Kuru ranks in the top 0.2% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,292 views/month, #4 of 1,968).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kuru's image is recorded as Fore child in advanced kuru stage.png^[3].
• Kuru's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[4].
• Kuru's subclass of is recorded as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy^[5].
• Kuru's subclass of is recorded as disease^[6].
• Kuru's Commons category is recorded as Kuru (disease)^[7].
• Kuru's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007729^[8].
• Kuru's OMIM ID is recorded as 245300^[9].
• Kuru's DiseasesDB is recorded as 31861^[10].
• Kuru's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 001379^[11].
• Kuru's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02636c^[12].
• Kuru's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.228.228.800.435^[13].
• Kuru's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.574.843.625^[14].
• Kuru's MeSH tree code is recorded as C01.207.800.435^[15].
• Kuru's eMedicine ID is recorded as 220043^[16].
• Kuru's Disease Ontology ID is recorded as DOID:648^[17].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as headache^[18].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as arthralgia^[19].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as dizziness^[20].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as tremor^[21].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as diplopia^[22].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as speech disorder^[23].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as strabismus^[24].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as major depressive disorder^[25].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as obesity^[26].
• Kuru's symptoms and signs is recorded as mood swing^[27].

Why It Matters

Kuru ranks in the top 0.2% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,292 views/month, #4 of 1,968).^[2] Kuru has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Kuru is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]