D. Carleton Gajdusek was awarded Nobel Prize 1976 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases."
Nationality United States
Institution National Institutes of Healt Bethesda
Award 1976
Discipline Physiology/Medicine
Co-recipients Baruch Blumberg
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1976 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases."
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