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- catalog abstract ""Kuru, like Mad Cow disease, is caused by a rare, infectious crystal protein that invades and colonizes human cells, destroying the nervous system of its victims. There is no known cure. It flourished in one of the remotest places on earth, Papua New Guinea, among the Fore, a people living in the Stone Age, who until recently practiced ritual cannibalism, consuming the brains of their forebears during funerary feasts. Robert Klitzman helped establish the links between these rituals and kuru. What he discovered has provided keys to understanding the mysterious Mad Cow Disease, which may become the world's next major epidemic." "Robert Klitzman was 21 years old when he was invited by the Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. Carleton Gajdusek, then at the National Institutes of Health, to conduct original research on kuru. Seizing the chance to travel to the other end of the world, Klitzman embarked on an adventure that would change his life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10811666.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Kuru, like Mad Cow disease, is caused by a rare, infectious crystal protein that invades and colonizes human cells, destroying the nervous system of its victims. There is no known cure. It flourished in one of the remotest places on earth, Papua New Guinea, among the Fore, a people living in the Stone Age, who until recently practiced ritual cannibalism, consuming the brains of their forebears during funerary feasts. Robert Klitzman helped establish the links between these rituals and kuru. What he discovered has provided keys to understanding the mysterious Mad Cow Disease, which may become the world's next major epidemic."".
- catalog description ""Robert Klitzman was 21 years old when he was invited by the Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. Carleton Gajdusek, then at the National Institutes of Health, to conduct original research on kuru. Seizing the chance to travel to the other end of the world, Klitzman embarked on an adventure that would change his life."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "ix, 333 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Trembling mountain.".
- catalog identifier "030645792X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Trembling mountain.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Plenum Trade,".
- catalog relation "Trembling mountain.".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "616.8 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Papua New Guinea Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology.".
- catalog subject "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.".
- catalog subject "Cannibalism Papua New Guinea Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Cannibalism.".
- catalog subject "Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform Papua New Guinea Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform.".
- catalog subject "Kuru Papua New Guinea Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Kuru Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "Kuru.".
- catalog subject "Medical anthropology Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "Prion diseases.".
- catalog subject "RA644.P93 K57 1998".
- catalog subject "WL 300 K656t 1998".
- catalog title "The trembling mountain : a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease / Robert Klitzman.".
- catalog type "text".