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Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees

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GAJDUSEK, D., GIBBS, C. & ALPERS, M. Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees. Nature 209, 794–796 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209794a0

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