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The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus [PDF]
, 2017 This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. +4 more
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Religions, 2018 Our archaeological and anthropological investigations carried out inside the Crypt of the Franciscan Monastery in Azzio (Varese, Northern Italy) allowed us to discover a singular funerary practice of Franciscan friars.
Marta Licata +3 more
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Evidence of trauma in a ca. 1-million-year-old patella of Homo antecessor, Gran Dolina-Atapuerca (Spain) [PDF]
, 2016 We present the palaeopathological study of a left patella (ATD6-56) belonging to the Early Pleistocene species Homo antecessor (Atapuerca-Gran Dolina, Spain). The abnormal morphology observed in the inferior margin of the patella is an osseous overgrowth
Bermúdez de Castro, JM +3 more
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An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
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Paleopathology of soft tissues: what mummies can reveal
Polish Journal of Pathology, 2019 Paleopathology is a science located in a crossroad between history, archaeology, anthropology, and medicine an can offer unique historical knowledge by using techniques of traditional pathology as well as other branches of Medicine, which is especially ...
Pedro L. Fernández +2 more
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Syphilis at the crossroad of phylogenetics and paleopathology. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 The origin of syphilis is still controversial. Different research avenues explore its fascinating history. Here we employed a new integrative approach, where paleopathology and molecular analyses are combined.
Fernando Lucas de Melo +4 more
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Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India by the Second Millenium B.C. [PDF]
, 2009 Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_ that affects almost 500,000 people worldwide^1^. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of transmission of the disease are unknown^1-3^.
Gwendolyn Robbins +6 more
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Violence indicators in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina: The Regional Development Period from a regional perspective [PDF]
, 2014 Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina) has been extensively studied by archaeologists. Studies have been focused mainly on the Late Regional Development Period (1250 1430 AD), which has been defined as a time of social conflict.
Botta, Florencia Natalia +1 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo +2 more
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