In what year did Gajdusek start his self-imposed exile?
1996
1997
1998
2000
Answer
In 1997, after the publication of the findings of the US National Institutes of Health that he had transmitted the disease to his adopted son, Gajdusek began a self-imposed exile in Papua New Guinea, where he had conducted much of his research.
Unraveling the Extraordinary: The Daniel Carleton Gajdusek Quiz