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Cultural factors that affected the spatial and temporal epidemiology of kuru
Kuru is a prion disease which became epidemic among the Fore and surrounding linguistic groups in Papua New Guinea, peaking in the late 1950s. It was transmitted during the transumption (endocannibalism) of dead family members at mortuary feasts. In this study, we aimed to explain the historical spr...
Autores principales: | Whitfield, J. T., Pako, W. H., Collinge, J., Alpers, M. P. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160789 |
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