The rise and fall of syphilis in renaissance Europe

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-113

  Tognotti, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

History; Medical knowledge; Renaissance Europe; Syphilis; Venereal diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRULENCE;

EUROPE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67651160793     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-009-9079-3     Document Type: Article

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