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Adverse Effects of Diet in New Guinea

Kuru and Enteritis Necroticans

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The New Guinea Highlands provide two unique examples—Kuru and Pigbel—of the adverse effects of dietary practice on health. In each case, disease results from a complex association of factors, cultural circumstances, food composition, and contamination, each providing essential components in pathogenesis.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Wellington Clinical School of Medicine, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand

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  1. Population, Family and International Health Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

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Hornabrook, R.W. (1982). Adverse Effects of Diet in New Guinea. In: Jelliffe, E.F.P., Jelliffe, D.B. (eds) Adverse Effects of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3359-3_25

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