Whitfield, Jerome

Kuru in the 21st century—an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods

Collinge, J., Whitfield, J., McKintosh, E., Beck, J., Mead, S., Thomas, D. J., & Alpers, M. P. (2006) · The Lancet

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

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Balancing Selection at the Prion Protein Gene Consistent with Prehistoric Kurulike Epidemics

Mead, S., Stumpf, M. P. H., Whitfield, J., Beck, J. A., Poulter, M., Campbell, T., Uphill, J. B., Goldstein, D., Alpers, M., Fisher, E. M. C., et al. (2003) · Science

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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A Novel Protective Prion Protein Variant that Colocalizes with Kuru Exposure

Mead, S., Whitfield, J., Poulter, M., Shah, P., Uphill, J., Campbell, T., Al-Dujaily, H., Hummerich, H., Beck, J., Mein, C. A., et al. (2009) · New England Journal of Medicine

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

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A clinical study of kuru patients with long incubation periods at the end of the epidemic in Papua New Guinea

Collinge, J., Whitfield, J., McKintosh, E., Frosh, A., Mead, S., Hill, A. F., Brandner, S., Thomas, D., & Alpers, M. P. (2008) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

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Mortuary rites of the South Fore and kuru

Whitfield, J. T., Pako, W. H., Collinge, J., & Alpers, M. P. (2008) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingDeath, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

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Cultural factors that affected the spatial and temporal epidemiology of kuru

Whitfield, J. T., Pako, W. H., Collinge, J., & Alpers, M. P. (2017) · Royal Society Open Science

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingLanguage and cultural evolution

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