The origins and precolonial epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Americas: Can we figure them out?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 395-400

  Daniel, Thomas M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

History of tuberculosis; Precolonial America; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034021928     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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