Paleoepidemiology of Infectious Disease in the Dickson Mounds Population
The major focus of paleopathology has been the delimiting of disease in time and space. Information about the history of specific diseases is the objective of many of these studies.
Armelagos, George J. +2 more
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Toward high-resolution population genomics using archaeological samples
The term 'ancient DNA' (aDNA) is coming of age, with over 1,200 hits in the PubMed database, beginning in the early 1980s with the studies of 'molecular paleontology'.
Morozova I.
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Confusing a Pollen Grain with a Parasite Egg: an Appraisal of "Paleoparasitological Evidence of Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis) Infection in a Female Adolescent Residing in Ancient Tehran". [PDF]
Camacho M, Reinhard KJ.
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Tracking down the White Plague: The skeletal evidence of tuberculous meningitis in the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection. [PDF]
Spekker O +5 more
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For many years the pathology department at the Medical College of Virginia has been an important center for studies in paleopathology. Over the past ten years members of the department have collaborated with numerous investigators both in the United ...
Spencer, Frederick J. +1 more
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Epidemiological insights from a large-scale investigation of intestinal helminths in Medieval Europe. [PDF]
Flammer PG +23 more
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Molecular studies on ancient M. tuberculosis and M. leprae: methods of pathogen and host DNA analysis. [PDF]
Witas HW +4 more
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PALEOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF INTESTINAL PARASITES AND LICE IN PRE-COLUMBIAN SOUTH AMERICA *
Some human parasites originated in prehominid ancestors in Africa. Nematode species, such as Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), hookworms and Trichuris trichiura are shared by humans and other close phylogenetic primates (Pan and Gorilla), showing that ...
Leles, Daniela +8 more
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