kuru: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Kuru. Oct 17, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - The kuru infectious agent is a unique geographic isolate distinct from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and scrapie agents (PDF). Nov 14, 2025
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions B - The epidemiology of kuru: monitoring the epidemic from its peak to its end. Mar 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine - Kuru and mad cow disease: Understanding the prion theory (PDF). Dec 06, 2024
Add new Web site: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Kuru. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Kuru, moral peril and the creation of value in science. May 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Kuru. Dec 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is Kuru? Jun 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - Kuru. Dec 09, 2022
Corrected display issue. Sep 10, 2019
Add new Web site: Healthline - Kuru. Apr 19, 2018
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Kuru. Apr 05, 2018
Add new Web site: Medscape - Kuru. Oct 18, 2017
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Kuru. Sep 01, 2008
Article revised. Aug 23, 2002
Article revised. Dec 31, 1998
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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