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Periodontal disease in ancient populations
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1986AbstractRecent clinical and anthropological findings indicate that the conventional concept of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease requires review. The periodontal lesion has been defined as a generalised horizontal loss of crestal bone resulting from host immune and inflammatory responses triggered by the action of commensal bacteria, and the ...
N G, Clarke +4 more
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The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia
NatureInfectious diseases have had devastating effects on human populations throughout history, but important questions about their origins and past dynamics remain1.
M. Sikora +24 more
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Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 2013
In 1994, construction workers in Athens came across a mass grave containing around 150 people lying haphazardly on top of each other as if they had been buried in haste. By dating pieces of pottery found alongside the human remains, archaeologists pinpointed the deaths to approximately 430 B.C., suggesting that the people buried in the grave were ...
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In 1994, construction workers in Athens came across a mass grave containing around 150 people lying haphazardly on top of each other as if they had been buried in haste. By dating pieces of pottery found alongside the human remains, archaeologists pinpointed the deaths to approximately 430 B.C., suggesting that the people buried in the grave were ...
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Infectious diseases in ancient Egypt
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2004Techniques for studying infectious disease in the ancient world are discussed. A brief survey of infectious diseases, such as schistosomiasis and malaria, in ancient Egypt is presented, and the physical traces of these diseases are examined. A discussion of the ancient Egyptian physician's response to infectious disease is included.
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Chagas Disease: Current View of an Ancient and Global Chemotherapy Challenge.
ACS Infectious Diseases, 2020Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease and a global public health issue. In terms of treatment, no progress has been made since the 1960s, when benznidazole and nifurtimox, two obsolete drugs still prescribed, were used to treat this disease ...
Javier Martín-Escolano +2 more
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Infectious Diseases in Ancient Populations
Current Anthropology, 1971INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESULT from the interplay of three main factors: the host, the parasite, and the environment. The matter is highly complex, since each of these factors can vary in many ways and many differing diseases can result. In this review, attention will be concentrated on two of these factors: the prehuman and human hosts and their ...
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Ancient plant diseases in Roman Age
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 2008A historical approach to plant pathology has been provided on the basis of textual evidence. Roman writers on agriculture, i. e. Cato, Varro, Virgil, Pliny the Elder and Columella, have been revised, with the aim of identifying some of the plant diseases spread in the Roman Age.
M. Iriti, F. Faoro
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Records of Diseases in Ancient China
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1976No abstract recieved.
L, Gwei-Djen, J, Needham
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Staphylococcus aureus versus neutrophil: Scrutiny of ancient combat.
Microbial Pathogenesis, 2019Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes many infections and diseases. This pathogen can cause many types of infections such as impetigo, toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST1), pneumonia, endocarditis, and autoimmune ...
A. Nasser +6 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
Human paleobiology is the study of ancient or prehistoric man and his diseases. It is an area in which the disciplines of archeology, anthropology, pathology, clinical medicine, and history overlap, and, although concerned with the long buried past, it is still in its infancy. In 1979, an international symposium was held under the auspices of the Royal
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Human paleobiology is the study of ancient or prehistoric man and his diseases. It is an area in which the disciplines of archeology, anthropology, pathology, clinical medicine, and history overlap, and, although concerned with the long buried past, it is still in its infancy. In 1979, an international symposium was held under the auspices of the Royal
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