Review. The changing face of kuru: A personal perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1510, 2008, Pages 3679-3684

  Mathews, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Kuru

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; PRION DISEASE; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 53749092462     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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