[UA] Cannibalism

[David M Jacobs]

At 10:30 AM 19/09/2003 -0700, Daniel Solis wrote:

>I don't know about this stinkiness, but I do know for sure that there is a 
>particular virus or
>disease that can only be contracted from eating human brains. A plague was 
>decimating an Amazonian village when they discovered that the tribe's 
>warriors were performing cannibalistic acts in secret. The doctor's could 
>tell of this activity because of the presence of that one little bug.

If it's the one that I'm thinking of, it's a prion disease called kuru, or 
laughing sickness.  It's 100% fatal, and was at one time a major cause of 
death in the New Guinea Highlands.



David M Jacobs
dmjacobs at zipworld.com.au
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dmjacobs/
ICQ UIN: 17027598

Last night, I dreamt that I'd pinned Bruce Willis beneath an unpainted 
section of picket fence in his front yard, and that I beat him to death 
with a copy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  I awoke with blood on my 
face.  Note to self: never eat penne before bedtime again.



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