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Plagued by a cryptic clock: insight and issues from the global phylogeny of Yersinia pestis

open access: yesCommunications Biology, 2023
The emergence of the plague pathogen throughout history is investigated using molecular clock modelling and phylogenetic analyses.
Katherine Eaton   +7 more
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Parasitism in Kansas in the 1800s: a glimpse to the past through the analysis of grave sediments from Meadowlark cemetery

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
During the excavations of the XIX century Meadowlark cemetery (Manhattan, Kansas, US), samples of sediments were taken from around five skeletons, and analyzed to detect intestinal parasites. No helminth eggs were found, but immunological ELISA tests for
Matthieu Le Bailly   +6 more
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Parasite remains in archaeological sites

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
Organic remains can be found in many different environments. They are the most significant source for paleoparasitological studies as well as for other paleoecological reconstruction.
Françoise Bouchet   +7 more
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Paleopathology of the commoners at Tell Amarna, Egypt, Akhenaten's capital city

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
The Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten initiated worship of a single god and established a new capital city (Tell Amarna) that was built and occupied only once from 1350-1330 BCE.
Jerome C Rose
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Markham J. Geller and Strahil V. Panayotov, Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts

open access: yesAestimatio, 2022
: In spite of an abundance of primary sources, the study of the history of medicine in ancient Near Eastern cultures has never gained as much attention as other genres and texts concerning those cultures. Thus, most of the material is published in copies
Franziska Desch
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Pellagra: an ancient disease in a modern world [PDF]

open access: yesNutrición Hospitalaria, 2021
Introduction: pellagra is a systemic disease due to deficiency of vitamin B3 or tryptophan, its precursor. Vitamin B3 is needed for several metabolic processes, cell signaling, and DNA repair. It is characterized by a classic tetrad of dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death.
Diego, López, Gabriela, Otero
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Response to Brinkmann et al. “Re-assembly of 19th century smallpox vaccine genomes reveals the contemporaneous use of horsepox and horsepox-related viruses in the United States”

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2020
We thank Brinkmann and colleagues for their correspondence and their further investigation into these American Civil War Era vaccination strains. Here, we summarize the difficulties and caveats of work with ancient DNA.
Ana T. Duggan   +2 more
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" التأثيرُ السَّلبِيُّ للمعبوداتِ فى البرديات الطِبيَّة والسِّحرِيَّة – دراسة تحليلية –(1)". [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة الدراسات الإنسانية والأدبية, 2021
يُشارِکُ الأربابُ فى عمليَّةِ إلحَاقِ الأَذَى بالبشرِ فيما يَخُصُّ الحياةِ الدنيا، والإصابةِ بالأمراضِ المختلفةِ. تَتَنَاوَّلُ هذه الورقةُ البحثِيَّةُ الجانبَ الخاص بالتأثيرِ السَّلبيِّ للمعبوداتِ على الأفرادِ، في مجالاتِ الطِبِ والسِّحرِ والإصَابَة ...
د. حمادة محمد جلال على
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Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented.
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves   +2 more
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History of dentistry in ancient Egypt

open access: yesAdvances in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental Research, 2022
Egyptian civilization is the oldest one allover the world. Dentistry was practiced among ancient Egyptians and it is documented by many ways such as The study of ancient remains, ancient teeth, Mummification and the translation of ancient papyri.This ...
Nadia Lotfy
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