Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees

@article{Gajdusek1966ExperimentalTO,  title={Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees},  author={D. Carleton Gajdusek and Clarence J. Gibbs and Michael P. Alpers},  journal={Nature},  year={1966},  volume={209},  pages={794-796},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:39242676}}

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