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Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.Shirley Lindenbaum is the author of 'Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands (Explorations in World Ethnology)', published 1978 under ISBN 9780874843620 and ISBN 0874843626.
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