Possible paleopathological evidence of treponematosis from a megalithic site at Agripalle, India

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-55

  Rao, V V ^a,b   Vasulu, T S ^a   Rector Babu, A D W ^a  

^a Indian Statistical Institute ^*

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Calvarium; Iron Age; Old World; Treponema

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; CALVARIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; TREPONEMA;

BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKULL; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029919735     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<49::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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