Mummies and molecules: Molecular biology meets paleopathology

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 57-60

  Willcox, Allison W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; LABORATORY; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0037090832     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(02)80012-5     Document Type: Article

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