Marburg: a rare virus with a severe course and high fatality rate
In a hospital room you enter only in a white coverall and double gloves, the monotonous beeping of monitors fills the air. The patient, whose…
Kuru: the disease that robbed its victims of balance—and dignity
When, in the misty mountain valleys of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands, women and children began appearing in the mid-20th century—staggering, breaking into uncontrollable laughter,…
