Leprosy and tuberculosis in iron age Southeast Asia?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-256

  Tayles, Nancy ^a   Buckley, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Iron Age; Leprosy; Southeast Asia; Thailand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLIMATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SAMPLING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 5444250664     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10378     Document Type: Article

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