The epidemiology of kuru

Prions in Humans and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 440-448

  Alpers, Michael P ^a   Hörnlimann, Beat ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BSE71 92 SVISS Consulting   (Switzerland)

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EID: 53749096038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110200171     Document Type: Chapter

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