Molecular history of tuberculosis from ancient mummies and skeletons

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-391

  Zink, Albert R ^a,b   Molnar E ^c   Motamedi, N ^b   Palfy G ^c   Marcsik, A ^c   Nerlich, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Acad Teach Hosp Munich B   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Evolution; Genotyping; M. tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548126124     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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