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Lessons of kuru research: background to recent studies with some personal reflections

The widespread exposure of the UK population to bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions, and the potential consequences for public health, led to a renewed interest in kuru, the principal example of epidemic human prion disease. Kuru research in Papua New Guinea was expanded to study the range of in...

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Autor principal: Collinge, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18849283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0121