Did an epidemic of tularemia in Ancient Egypt affect the course of world history?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 905-910

  Trevisanato, Siro I ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARMY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GOVERNMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; TICK; TULAREMIA; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS; URBAN AREA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 5744220649     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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