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Gajdusek

[gahy-doo-shek, -duh-] /ˈgaɪ dʊˌʃɛk, -də-/
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D(aniel) Carleton
[kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
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Gajdusek Gaj·du·sek (gī'də-shěk'), D(aniel) Carleton. Born 1923.

American virologist. He shared a 1976 Nobel Prize for research on the origin and spread of infectious diseases.

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