First European exposure to syphilis: The Dominican Republic at the time of Columbian contact

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 936-941

  Rothschild, Bruce M ^a,b,e   Calderon, Fernando Luna ^c   Coppa, Alfredo ^d   Rothschild, Christine ^a  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c Museo del Hombre Dominicano   (Dominican Republic)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEJEL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SYPHILIS; YAWS;

BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TOOTH;

EID: 0034451631     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318158     Document Type: Article

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