Widespread occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from 18th-19th century Hungarians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-152

  Fletcher, Helen A ^a   Donoghue, Helen D ^a   Holton, John ^a   Pap, Ildikó ^b   Spigelman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; History of disease; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Paleomicrobiology; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNGARY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037309749     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10114     Document Type: Article

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