Abstract

These reminiscences and reflections are about kuru, its effect on the people who suffered from the disease, the research into kuru over a period of 50 years, and the scientists, doctors and others whose dedicated work led to the solution of this mysterious and devastating disease.

Highlights

  • The reminiscences and reflections of 37 participants in the kuru story are gathered here

  • Roy Scragg recalls the early correspondence on kuru and the meeting when he introduced Carleton Gajdusek to kuru

  • There are memorable accounts from the 1960s by Shirley Lindenbaum, who came as an anthropologist in 1961, Inamba Kivita, who worked with her, Annette Beasley, who recounts Richard Hornabrook’s first impressions of kuru and Okapa, and Coralie Mathews, who reflects upon her experiences and those of other ‘kuru wives’

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Summary

Introduction

The reminiscences and reflections of 37 participants in the kuru story are gathered here. Roy Scragg recalls the early correspondence on kuru and the meeting when he introduced Carleton Gajdusek to kuru.

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