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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...

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Publicado en:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Whitfield, J. T., Pako, W. H., Collinge, J., Alpers, M. P.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319347/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280581
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160789
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