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Vincent Zigas (1920–1983) was a medical officer of the Kainantu Sub-District in Papua New Guinea during the 1950s and was one of the first Western medical officials to note the uniqueness of kuru and begin to investigate it. He is listed in many early academic writings about kuru. Little is known his life and work.