Multisystemic tuberculosis in a pre-Columbian Peruvian mummy: Four diagnostic levels, and a paleoepidemiological hypothesis

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Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Lombardi, Guido P ^a,b   Cáceres, Uriel García ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Mummies; Paleoepidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849105477     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-73562000000100010     Document Type: Article

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