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The collectors of lost souls

by Warwick Anderson · 2008

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This account of medical detective work traces the story of kuru, a fatal brain disease, and the pioneering scientists who spent decades searching for its cause.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 318 pages

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