Some recollections about kuru in a patient at Rabaul in 1978, and subsequent experiences with prion diseases.
Scrimgeour
Euan M
EM
Infectious and Tropical Diseases, 51 Woodroyd Street, Mount Lawley, WA 6050, Australia. euan_scrimgeour@yahoo.co.uk
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