Kuru [sound recording]
Kuru [sound recording]
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, [199-?]
Date
[199-?]
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog, mono.
Playing Time
013000.
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, [199-?]
Performers
Presenter, Daniel Connell.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[199-?]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Nobel prize winning American medical researcher, Carleton Gadjusek, and others discuss the mysterious disease, kuru, as it affected the Fore people of New Guinea. Most of the victims of the disease were women and children, rarely men. The Fore regarded sorcery as the cause but research eventually showed that kuru was caused by a weird virus conveye...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Kuru [sound recording]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
ABC radio tapes.
Social history feature.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
74VKDJOp44DA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDJOp44DA
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991018941909702626
