Tussah encephalopathy

Tussah pupa encephalopathy is a disease of the central nervous system scattered in the tussah silkworm breeding area and is induced by eating tussah pupa. The eigen is a syndrome of extensive involvement of the central nervous system, mainly in the extrapyramidal and cerebellum, found in China in the 1980s. Since 15 cases were reported by Wang Xisheng and others in 1984, cases have been reported continuously.

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