Confirmation of the Presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex-Specific DNA in Three Archaeological Specimens

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 393-401

  Spigelman, Mark ^a,b   Matheson, Carney ^b,c   Lev, Galit ^b   Greenblatt, Charles ^b   Donoghue, Helen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346976513     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.638     Document Type: Article

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