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"Writing Tremor Epidemic" (1892, 1904) – The right hand of a 10-year-old girl in Groß Tinz began trembling, which developed into full-body seizures that spread to 19 other students. A similar epidemic affected 20 in Basel, Switzerland. Twelve years later, the Basel school experienced another outbreak that affected 27 students.
Tremovirus, also known epidemic tremor, is a virus genus belonging to the Picornaviridae family. [2] The genus has two species, Tremovirus A, which is also called Avian encephalomyelitis virus, and Tremovirus B. The first avian picornavirus to have its genome sequenced, [3] it causes epidemic tremor in chickens.
Essential tremor is either an action (intention) tremor—it intensifies when one tries to use the affected muscles during voluntary movements such as eating and writing—or it is a postural tremor, which occurs when holding arms outstretched and against gravity.
An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic.
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A tremor is an involuntary, [1] somewhat rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation involving oscillations or twitching movements of one or more body parts. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, eyes, face, head, vocal folds, trunk, and legs.
1900–1920 Uganda African trypanosomiasis epidemic 1900–1920 Uganda: African trypanosomiasis: 200,000–300,000 [176] Papua New Guinea kuru epidemic 1901–2009 Papua New Guinea: Kuru: 2,700–3,000+ [181] [182] 1903 Fremantle plague epidemic (part of the third plague pandemic) 1903 Fremantle, Western Australia: Bubonic plague: 4 [183]
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering neurology with a focus on hyperkinetic movement disorders including ...