No proof that typhoid caused the Plague of Athens (a reply to Papagrigorakis et al.)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-335

  Shapiro, Beth ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE AMPLIFICATION; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33744911380     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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