Reflections on kuru

Introduction

“…In 1977, Michael Alpers took over as Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research and the field surveillance intensified; Stanley Prusiner, Robert Klitzman and Phillip Tarr attended from these years ( Prusiner 2008 ; Klitzman 2008 ; Tarr 2008) . Phil Tarr conducted a village-based autopsy during his time in the field.…”