Tuberculosis in black and white : using pre-antibiotic casefiles and radiographs to explore tuberculosis in children [PDF]
, 2019 Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases still in existence today and is currently the leading cause of death by infectious disease. The understanding of tuberculosis in past populations is, however, limited by the uncertainty with which it can be ...
Cessford, Rebecca Marie
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The past, present and future of skeletal analysis in palaeodemography. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2021 McFadden C.
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Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy As A Tool For The Investigation Of Tetracycline Fluorescence In Archaeologicalhuman Bone [PDF]
, 2005 Fluorochromes such as tetracycline have been used to label bone for histomorphometric analysis, measuring bone formation, growth, maintenance, and pathology. More recently, similar fluorescence has been observed in ancient human bone.
Maggiano, Corey
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Nutrition and Health in Human Evolution-Past to Present. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2022 Alt KW, Al-Ahmad A, Woelber JP.
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The Impact of \u3cem\u3eMycobacterium leprae\u3c/em\u3e: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of the Paleopathological Literature [PDF]
, 2016 Leprosy, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis, is a chronic, infectious disease that eventually causes disfiguring skin lesions, nerve damage, and muscle weakness.
Schreier, Mallory Alexis
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Por detrás do véu: uma abordagem arqueotanatológica de uma possível mortalha num cemitério Medieval multirreligioso de Santarém, Portugal [PDF]
Archaeothanatology has helped immensely to better understand complex burial dynamics and funerary treatment. Scholars have employed this approach in attempts to reconstruct possible shrouding of corpses prior to interment, which often degrade entirely ...
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Application and role of anthropological research in the practice of forensic medicine [PDF]
, 2000 Whereas in anthropology the application of the new methods is predominantly taken at random and is characteristic of basic research, in forensic medicine the objectives, motives and results of osteological research are of prime interest, due to its role ...
Kósa, Ferenc
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Сеченовский вестник, 2013 RETRACTED ARTICLELongitudinal co-evolution of human beings and pathogens resulted in polymorphism of Homo sapiens. CCR5Δ32 HIV-resistance allele is the exception to the rules. Recent origin of HIV-1 in Africa contradicted with the appearance of CCR5Δ32 allele in Northern Europe in previous ages.
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Buried within the abbey walls: paleopathological examination of leprosy frequencies of a rural monastic population in medieval Denmark [PDF]
, 2016 In paleopathology, few other diseases have received more attention than leprosy and studies of skeletal remains from medieval Denmark have primarily focused on urban and leprosarium cemeteries in order to construct diagnostic criteria and disease ...
Kelmelis, Kirsten Saige
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