D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton) Gajdusek journals, 1957-1984 1957-1984

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D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton) Gajdusek journals, 1957-1984 1957-1984

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These journals record his medical and epidemiological research (especially that on Kuru), pediatric studies, human and population genetics work, as he traveled throughout the world. The countries and regions included are Africa, Australia, Colombia, Guam, Indonesia, Libya, Melanesia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Pacific Islands, Paraguay, Soviet Union, and the Western Caroline Islands.

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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 1923-, MD, 1946, Harvard Medical School, was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his research proving that slow viruses are a major cause of degenerative neurological disorders. Gajdusek served as head of laboratories for virological and neurological research, and later was head of the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies at the National Institutes of Health; his research focused on child growth and development in primitive cultures, imm...

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