Two cases of leprosy from Žatec (Bohemia), dated to the turn of the 12th century and confirmed by DNA analysis for Mycobacterium leprae

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1276-1283

  Likovský, Jakub ^a   Urbanová, Markéta ^a   Hájek, Martin ^a   Černý, Viktor ^a   Čech, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

aDNA; Leprosy; Medieval; Mycobacterium leprae; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; LEPROSY; MEDIEVAL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGES; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 33745401400     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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