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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

ZIGAS, Vincent (1920 – 1983)

1920 – 1983

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1957 CE

#4729.1

Degenerative disease of the central nervous system in New Guinea. The endemic occurrence of “Kuru” in the native population.

GAJDUSEK, Daniel Carleton (1923 – 2008)
GAJDUSEK, Daniel Carleton (1923 – 2008) ZIGAS, Vincent (1920 – 1983)

First description of Kuru, a disease occurring in natives of New Guinea. Cause of the disease was unknown. "It is now widely accepted that kuru was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via f…