Immunological evidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in an Egyptian child mummy from the Early Dynastic Period

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1880-1885

  Bianucci, Raffaella ^a   Mattutino, Grazia ^a   Lallo, Rudy ^b   Charlier, Philippe ^c   Jouin Spriet, Hélène ^d   Peluso, Alberto ^a   Higham, Thomas ^e   Torre, Carlo ^a   Rabino Massa, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Pinna Pintor and Studio Futura   (Italy)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Dynastic Period; Egypt; Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy; Malaria RDTs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHILD HEALTH; MALARIA; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 43049162177     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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