Carton H, Kayembe K, Billiau A, Maertens K
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1986 Jun;49(6):620-7. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.6.620.
Epidemiological findings of twenty sporadic cases of epidemic spastic paraparesis (buka-buka) in three areas of Bandundu (Zaire) are reported. These findings suggest the involvement of an infectious agent and do not support the hypothesis of a dietary cyanide intoxication, which has been advanced to explain the outbreak of a very similar disease (Mantakassa) in Mozambique.
报告了在扎伊尔班顿杜三个地区的20例散发性流行性痉挛性截瘫(布卡-布卡病)的流行病学调查结果。这些结果表明存在一种感染因子,不支持饮食性氰化物中毒的假说,该假说曾被提出用于解释莫桑比克一种非常相似疾病(曼塔卡萨病)的爆发。