cassavism
MONDO:0022666
A poisoning that is caused by exposure to fruit of the Cassava plant (Manihot esculenta), contains linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside. If a person eats improperly prepared products, cassavism (locally termed konzo or mantakassa) may develop, which features toxic ataxic neuropathy.
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Konzo
Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease occurring among hunger-stricken rural populations in Africa where a diet dominated by insufficiently processed cassava results in simultaneous malnutrition and high dietary acetone cyanohydrin intake. Konzo was first described by Giovanni Trolli in 1938; he compiled the observations from eight doctors working in the Kwango area of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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