title: Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, MRC Prion Unit, UCL Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collinge
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Alpers
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009512:New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology