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Genetic susceptibility, evolution and the kuru epidemic
The acquired prion disease kuru was restricted to the Fore and neighbouring linguistic groups of the Papua New Guinea highlands and largely affected children and adult women. Oral history documents the onset of the epidemic in the early twentieth century, followed by a peak in the mid-twentieth cent...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18849290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0087 |