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The epidemiology of kuru: monitoring the epidemic from its peak to its end
Kuru is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy restricted to the Fore people and their neighbours in a remote region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. When first investigated in 1957 it was found to be present in epidemic proportions, with approximately 1000 deaths in the first...
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The Royal Society
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18849286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0071 |