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Metagenomic Research of Infectious Diseases in Archaeological Contexts: Evidence from the Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos (Portugal)

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Syphilis is one of the most exciting diseases explored in paleopathology and, therefore, tracing back its origin and development has provided a prolific debate.
Francisca Alves-Cardoso   +6 more
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Paleopathology of Human Tuberculosis and the Potential Role of Climate

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2009
Both origin and evolution of tuberculosis and its pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) are not fully understood. The paleopathological investigation of human remains offers a unique insight into the molecular evolution and spread including ...
Andreas G. Nerlich, Sandra Lösch
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeoparasitological Strategy Based on the Microscopic Examinations of Prehistoric Samples and the Recent Report on the Difference in the Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminthic Infections in the Indian Subcontinent

open access: yesAncient Asia, 2018
Archaeoparasitology is a study to acquire data concerning the parasite infection of ancient people through the examination of the specimens obtained in the excavation sites. Although this research has achieved many successes worldwide, there has been few
Dong Hoon Shin   +10 more
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Cadaverous Decomposition as a Representation of the Soul’s Journey. Anthropological Evidence of a Funerary Ritual

open access: yesReligions, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Paleopathology in Italy

open access: yes, 2012
The early developmental history of Italian paleo-pathology is not well known. Italian contributions to the discipline began at the end of the 19th cen-tury, but since papers were generally published in Italian journals, they were not recognized by the ...
GIUFFRA, VALENTINA   +5 more
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Paleopathology

open access: yes, 2012
The word paleopathology, derived from the Greek palaios, pathos, and logos, meaning liter- ally “study of ancient diseases,” was coined in 1892/3 by the German physicist R. W.
Fornaciari G, Gino Fornaciari
core   +1 more source

Paleopathology of soft tissues: what mummies can reveal

open access: yesPolish 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pathological phalanges in a camarasaurid sauropod dinosaur and implications on behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2016
Several types of pathological bony overgrowth are known from various dinosaur taxa but, except for stress fractures, are rarely reported from appendicular elements.
Emanuel Tschopp   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rib fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection

open access: yesAntropologia Portuguesa, 2022
There is a high prevalence of rib fractures in human remains from archeological contexts, but these are seldom the focus in paleopathological studies pertaining skeletal trauma. This study aims to document rib fracture patterns in the Coimbra Identified
Francisco Curate, Eugénia Cunha
doaj   +1 more source

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