Fruit Bats Linked to Mystery Disease
- 12 April 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 296 (5566) , 241
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.296.5566.241
Abstract
Unmasking the cause of the invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder known to the indigenous Chamorros of Guam as lytico-bodig could offer insights into major killers such as Parkinson9s and Alzheimer9s. But lytico-bodig is dying out--and threatening to take its secrets to the grave. Now in the 26 March issue of Neurology, neurologists correlate a sharp rise in flying fox consumption among the Chamorros after World War II with a presumed crest in the disease.Keywords
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